dyspepsia
noun
deranged or impaired digestion; indigestion (opposed to eupepsia).
dyspepsy
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a variation of
dyspepsia.
Example Sentences
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Aunt Margery "knew where sour grass grew, which you chew for dyspepsy, and mint, excellent for the naushy, and the slippery elm . . . for raw throat and other sore tishas."
From Time Magazine Archive
This applies, however, mainly to consumption; for the advantages of the climatic change are seldom denied in dyspepsy, rheumatism, scrofula, and the tribe of nervous diseases.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 by William Chambers
"Now don't go eatin' sausages without bread, if you don't want 'em to give you dyspepsy," said Mrs. Aleshine, who was tugging at a submarine pocket.
From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Frank Richard Stockton
And in the early June dawn Henry awoke, refreshed and renewed, full of that languid but genuine interest in mortal things which is at once the compensation and the sole charm of a dyspepsy.
From A Great Man A Frolic by Arnold Bennett
She ought to be a good housekeeper, an' a good cook, so 's not to kill that pore child with dyspepsy.
From The Uncalled A Novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar
