Definition of "dyspepsia" [dys•pep•si•a]

• Disturbed digestion; indigestion. (noun)

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• "Hence, although the meaning of dyspepsia must be restricted, as its derivations demand; the term, digestion, bears a much more extensive signification than it generally receives, and any error in its process may be properly denominated indigestion; however, Mr. Halsted regards the term dyspepsia as equivalent to indigestion, and we may, for once, adopt the same phraseology."
• "He had what they call dyspepsia, which I-- I guess means an upset stomach and heartburn, constantly sleep deprived, constipated."
• "Long has he promised to try the breezes of the plains for what he calls dyspepsia, and the artist calls"