Indigestion

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indigestion \In`di*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. indigestio: cf. F.
     indigestion. See {In-} not, and {Digest}.]
     Discomfort due to a lack of proper digestive action; a
     failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in
     the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult
     digestion.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indigestion
       n : a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort
           or heartburn or nausea [syn: {dyspepsia}, {stomach upset},
            {upset stomach}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "indigestion":
     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, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema,
     emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, gripe,
     gripes, growth, heartburn, hemorrhage, high blood pressure,
     hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, 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 THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  INDIGESTION, n.  A disease which the patient and his friends
  frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the
  salvation of mankind.  As the simple Red Man of the western wild put
  it, with, it must be confessed, a certain force:  "Plenty well, no
  pray; big bellyache, heap God."