4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dyspepsia \Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \Dys*pep"sy\ (?; 277), [L. dyspepsia, Gr. ?, fr. ? hard to digest; dys- ill, hard + ? to cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See {Dys-}, and 3d Cook.] (Med.) A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. --Dunglison. Dyspeptic From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dyspepsia n : a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea [syn: {indigestion}, {stomach upset}, {upset stomach}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 83 Moby Thesaurus words for "dyspepsia": abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, cardialgia, chill, chills, cholera morbus, colic, constipation, convulsion, costiveness, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, gripe, gripes, growth, heartburn, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, irregularity, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, lientery, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, obstipation, pain, paralysis, pruritus, pyrosis, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, tabes, tachycardia, trots, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: DYSPEPSIA, med. jur., contracts. A state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases; or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minor importance. Dunglison's Med. Dict. h.t. 2. Dyspepsia is not, in general, considered as a disease which tends to shorten life, so as to make a life uninsurable; unless the complaint has become organic dyspepsia, or was of such a degree at the time of the insurance, as, by its excess, to tend to shorten life. 4 Taunt. 763.
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