DYSPEPTIC


Meaning of DYSPEPTIC in English

— dyspeptically , adv.

/dis pep"tik/ , adj. Also, dyspeptical .

1. pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia.

2. gloomy, pessimistic, and irritable.

n.

3. a person subject to or suffering from dyspepsia.

[ 1685-95; DYS- + Gk peptikós pertaining to digestion, equiv. to pept ( ós ) digested ( pep- cook, digest + -tos ptp. suffix) + -ikos -IC ]

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