Dyspepsia

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.