Digestive
dyspepsia
dis-PEP-see-uh
StatusNew
Definition
Indigestion or upset stomach
PathologyDigestive
Breakdown
Prefix
dys-
difficult
Root
peps
digestion
Etymology
Greek: dys- (difficult) + -pepsia (digestion)
Practice
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