† bradypepsy, -ˈpepsia Obs.
(ˈbrædɪˌpɛpsɪ)
Also 6–7 bradypepsie, 7 bradio-, bradupepsia, bradyspepsy.
[ad. Gr. βραδυπεψία, f. βραδύ-ς slow + πέψ-ις cooking, digestion: cf. Fr. bradypepsie.]
Slowness of digestion. (Freq. in 17th c.)
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas (1621) 210 The dog-hunger or the bradypepsie. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. xvii. 429 Bradupepsia, is when meat is long in digesting. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 397 A bitter colluvies brings Queasiness..Bradypepsy. |