hyperpepsia

English

noun

Definitions

(medicine) Dyspepsia characterized by an excess of chlorides in the gastric juice, without an excess of free hydrochloric acid.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek πέψις (digestion).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πέψις

Gloss

digestion

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

dyspepsia English
pepticus Latin
Pepsin German
dispepsia Italian
dispepsia Spanish, Castilian
πέσσω Ancient Greek
πέψις Ancient Greek
*pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
dispepsia Portuguese

dyspepsia