dyspepsia

dys- +‎ Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) +‎ -ia

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpɛp.si.ə/

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dyspepsia (countable and uncountable, plural dyspepsias)

1. (pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion, characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn and nausea, often following a meal.

   He divides dyspepsias into accidental, temporary (indigestions) and habitual.

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 253:

     It is not my strength of mind (exert it as I may) that will prevent me from experiencing dyspepsia, if such follies as these are exhibited before me.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "And the cramps when my body - like a badly articulated skeleton - would all get twisted into one rigid tangle! But now, except some dyspepsia and urticaria of the palms, I am free from pain."

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.

• indigestion

• dyspeptic
• Pepsi, pepsi (partly)

Internationalism (see English dyspepsia).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdyspepsiɑ/, [ˈdys̠pe̞pˌs̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): dys‧pep‧si‧a

dyspepsia

1. (pathology) dyspepsia

This term is mainly used by the medical profession. In common language, dyspepsia is usually called ruoansulatushäiriö or ruoansulatusvaivat.