dyspepsia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dyspepsia
1650–60; < Latin < Greek dyspepsía, equivalent to dys- dys- + péps ( is ) digestion + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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Construct an explanation of the effect of serotonin as a treatment of functional dyspepsia.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The That’s Not a Word! brigade is still very much with us, I’m both amused and bemused to report; witness their perpetual dyspepsia over words such as “irregardless.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022
It is not hard to give yourself over—to quiet the dyspepsia of your curmudgeonly heart, if not the protests of your elderly eyes.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2018
The Europeans who encountered indigenous people in Mexico in the 1500s noted that chocolate was used to treat numerous ailments ranging from dysentery and indigestion, to fatigue and dyspepsia.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2018
The boss went home with an acute attack of dyspepsia.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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