Dyspepsia
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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