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dyspepsia
This term is primarily used in clinical and medical settings to describe a cluster of symptoms rather than a single disease. It carries a formal, diagnostic tone, distinguishing it from the common term indigestion, which is used in everyday conversation to describe a temporary feeling of fullness or discomfort after a meal.
As a medical condition, it is treated as an uncountable noun. It refers to the state of having impaired digestion, and therefore does not have a plural form in standard medical usage. One does not experience multiple dyspepsias, but rather a single instance or a chronic case of the condition.
Meanings
Examples
I have been suffering from chronic dyspepsia for years.
The doctor suggested a low-fat diet to manage my dyspepsia.
Does this medication help with dyspepsia or just acid reflux?
He felt a wave of dyspepsia after eating the spicy feast.
My dyspepsia always flares up when I am under a lot of stress at work.
The patient reports symptoms consistent with functional dyspepsia.
The patient reports symptoms consistent with functional dyspepsia.
I wonder if this constant bloating is actually dyspepsia.
Avoid lying down immediately after eating to prevent dyspepsia.