apepsy

English

Noun

apepsy (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) defective digestion; indigestion
   • 1768, John Ball, The Modern Practice of Physic:

     The causes of an Anorexy , and Apepsy are the fame , that is , whatsoever hinders or diminishes the motions of the muscular coats of the stomach

Derived terms

• apeptic

Translations

defective digestion

Catalan: apèpsia f French: apepsie (fr) f Polish: apepsja f Portuguese: apepsia f

References

• “apepsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.