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dyspepsia

dyspepsia

2 8.2
An uncomfortable pain in the upper stomach often with feeling sick or heartburn
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈpɛpʃə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dispepsia
  • After eating too much at dinner, she suffered from dyspepsia, complaining of stomach discomfort and bloating.
  • dyspepsia and nausea
  • dyspepsia and abdominal pain
  • ulcer dyspepsia

Examples

  • The most common side effect of aspirin is dyspepsia, especially after long-term use.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The role of H. pylori in non-ulcer dyspepsia remains unclear.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Good cooking always gives her dyspepsia.

  • The trip could have been done more quickly, but his chronic dyspepsia required a detour.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • On November 25, she explained, "For the last two or three days, I have been disordered by dyspepsia and unfitted for doing anything well."

    Academic text (2016)
  • She's got dyspepsia.

  • He has chronic dyspepsia.

  • Non-ulcer dyspepsia presents with upper GI pain with belching, bloating, and early satiety.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The more common side effects include dyspepsia, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, and bleeding (including gastrointestinal and intracerebral bleeding).

    Academic text (2012)
  • The commonest side effects are gastrointestinal: nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, changed bowel action, and tend to be dose-related.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

indigestion
vsdyspepsia
35 3.4

Stomach pain after eating, often with heartburn or feeling sick

is about upper abdominal discomfort with nausea, heartburn, or bloating rather than digestion trouble
upset stomach
vsdyspepsia
9 2.6

A mild pain or feeling of sickness in the stomach

is a medical diagnosis for upper abdominal pain rather than a mild digestive ailment
stomach upset
vsdyspepsia
2 2.6

A mild stomach pain that often makes you feel sick or causes heartburn

is the same sense but uses an alternative common phrasing
abdominal discomfort
vsdyspepsia
1 4.4

A pain or uncomfortable feeling in the stomach area

is more specific to the upper abdomen and lists digestive symptoms too
gastralgia
vsdyspepsia
  • Specialized
9.9

A pain in the stomach area

is broader, including other symptoms like nausea, heartburn, or bloating beyond pain

Antonyms

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

Surface Forms

dyspepsia singular
dyspepsias plural

Morphology

dyspepsia = pepsia (opaque) = dys + pepsia

Formed from medical combining forms 'dys-' (bad) + 'pepsia' (digestion), which are not productive or familiar to average learners, so the meaning 'indigestion' is not easily derived.

Etymology

Dyspepsia comes from two Greek parts: dys- meaning 'bad' and pepsia meaning 'digestion', like the word digest. So dyspepsia literally means 'bad digestion', which is why it describes stomach discomfort, heartburn, or nausea after eating.