Dyspepsy

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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