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eupepsia


eupepsia [yoo-pep-shuh, -see-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. good digestion (opposed to dyspepsia).

Also eu·pep·sy [yoo-pep-see] /ˈyu pɛp si/. Origin of eupepsia 1700–10; New Latin Greek eupepsía good digestion, equivalent to eu- eu- + péps(is) digestion + -ia -ia Related formseu·pep·tic [yoo-pep-tik] /yuˈpɛp tɪk/, adjective Examples from the Web for eupeptic Historical Examples of eupeptic

  • For all his simple diet he is not so eupeptic as Chesterton.

    Six Major Prophets

    Edwin Emery Slosson

  • Every chance-comer was instantaneously gauged as dyspeptic or eupeptic, friend or foe.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864

    Various

  • He tells me the right way to plant potatoes and prune apple-trees, and our communion is blest with eupeptic content.

    The Affable Stranger

    Peter McArthur

  • On the problem of Death, except in masquerade of robes and wings, his eupeptic temperament never allowed him to dwell.

    Life of Robert Browning

    William Sharp

  • I did not sleep much, for I was strung too high with expectation, and I envied Blenkiron his now eupeptic slumbers.

    Greenmantle

    John Buchan

  • British Dictionary definitions for eupeptic eupepsia eupepsy (juːˈpɛpsɪ) noun

    1. physiol good digestion

    Derived Formseupeptic (juːˈpɛptɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for eupepsia C18: from New Latin, from Greek, from eu- + pepsis digestion, from peptein to digest eupeptic in Medicine eupeptic [yōō-pĕp′tĭk] adj.

    1. Digesting well; having a good digestion.
    2. Conducive to digestion.

    eupepsia [yōō-pĕp′sē-ə, -shə] n.

    1. Good digestion.
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