dyspepsia
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪsˈpɛp.si.ə/
dyspepsia
- (pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion, characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn and nausea, often following a meal.
- He divides dyspepsias into accidental, temporary (indigestions) and habitual.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855 ↗:
- I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
- Portuguese: dispepsia
- Russian: расстро́йство пищеваре́ния
- Spanish: dispepsia, indigestión
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