eupepsia [yoo-pep-shuh, -see-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- 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.
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
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He tells me the right way to plant potatoes and prune apple-trees, and our communion is blest with eupeptic content.
Peter McArthur
On the problem of Death, except in masquerade of robes and wings, his eupeptic temperament never allowed him to dwell.
William Sharp
I did not sleep much, for I was strung too high with expectation, and I envied Blenkiron his now eupeptic slumbers.
John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for eupeptic eupepsia eupepsy (juːˈpɛpsɪ) noun
- 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.
- Digesting well; having a good digestion.
- Conducive to digestion.
eupepsia [yōō-pĕp′sē-ə, -shə] n.
- Good digestion.