dyspepsia

English

Etymology

From dys- +‎ pepsin +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpɛp.si.ə/

Noun

dyspepsia (countable and uncountable, plural dyspepsias)

1. (pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion, characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn and nausea, often following a meal.
   • He divides dyspepsias into accidental, temporary (indigestions) and habitual.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “chapter XII”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.

Synonyms

• indigestion

Derived terms

• dyspeptic

Translations

pathology: disorder of digestion

• Bulgarian: храносмилателно разстройство
• Finnish: ruoansulatushäiriö, dyspepsia, ruoansulatusvaivat pl
• Portuguese: dispepsia f

• Russian: расстро́йство пищеваре́ния n (rasstrójstvo piščevarénija), диспепси́я (ru) f (dispepsíja)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-mheirbheadh m
• Spanish: dispepsia f, indigestión m

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Finnish

Noun

dyspepsia

1. (pathology) dyspepsia

Declension

Inflection of dyspepsia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		dyspepsia	dyspepsiat
genitive		dyspepsian	dyspepsioiden dyspepsioitten
partitive		dyspepsiaa	dyspepsioita
illative		dyspepsiaan	dyspepsioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dyspepsia	dyspepsiat
accusative	nom.	dyspepsia	dyspepsiat
	gen.	dyspepsian
genitive		dyspepsian	dyspepsioiden dyspepsioitten dyspepsiainrare
partitive		dyspepsiaa	dyspepsioita
inessive		dyspepsiassa	dyspepsioissa
elative		dyspepsiasta	dyspepsioista
illative		dyspepsiaan	dyspepsioihin
adessive		dyspepsialla	dyspepsioilla
ablative		dyspepsialta	dyspepsioilta
allative		dyspepsialle	dyspepsioille
essive		dyspepsiana	dyspepsioina
translative		dyspepsiaksi	dyspepsioiksi
instructive		—	dyspepsioin
abessive		dyspepsiatta	dyspepsioitta
comitative		—	dyspepsioineen

Usage notes

This term is mainly used by medical profession. In common language dyspepsia is usually called ruoansulatushäiriö or ruoansulatusvaivat