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noun
- uncomfortable inability or difficulty in digesting food; dyspepsia.
- an instance or case of indigestion.
noun
- difficulty in digesting food, accompanied by abdominal pain, heartburn, and belchingTechnical name: dyspepsia
late 14c., from Old French indigestion (13c.), from Late Latin indigestionem (nominative indigestio), from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + digestionem (see digestion).
n.
- The inability to digest or a difficulty in properly digesting food in the alimentary tract.
- Abdominal discomfort or illness resulting from this inability or difficulty.
- See dyspepsia.