dyspepsy
(dɪˈspɛpsɪ)
Also 7 -ie, 7–9 dis-.
[a. F. dyspepsie (17th c.) or ad. L. dyspepsia: see prec.]
= dyspepsia (which is now more usual).
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Dyspepsie. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 366 The imbecility of the stomach, which is a vice of the concocting faculty..and it's called apepsy, bradyspepsy, or dispepsy and diaphthora. 1817 Gentl. Mag. LXXXVII. ii. 365 He was, at first, attacked with diarrhœa, afterwards with dispepsy. 1829 Southey Epistle in Anniversary 18 By bile, opinions, and dyspepsy sour. 1848 Lowell Fable for Critics 106 Brought to death's door of a mental dyspepsy. |