eupepsia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- eupeptic adjective
Etymology
Origin of eupepsia
1700–10; < New Latin < Greek eupepsía good digestion, equivalent to eu- eu- + péps ( is ) digestion + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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The Vice President could ill afford the eupepsia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor was the Vice President's eupepsia restored by Senator Edward Kennedy's hardening decision to stay out of this year's presidential race.
From Time Magazine Archive
Critics call him "politically ambivalent" because he "has lunch with Johnson and dinner with Bobby Kennedy"-which, occasionally, he does, and which is only one indication of his savvy, eupepsia and party loyalty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peptic′ity, eupepsia; Pep′tics, digestion considered as a science: the digestive organs; Pep′togen, a substance producing peptone, any preparation that facilitates digestion.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The patron saint of its Chief is St. Pancreas and his eupepsia is reflected in his subordinates.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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