Taber's Medical Dictionary
dyspepsia
(dis-pep′shă, sē-ă )
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Upper abdominal discomfort, often chronic or persistent; indigestion. It is sometimes related to the ingestion of food and may be a side effect of many medications. It may include such symptoms as fullness, eructation, bloating, nausea, loss of appetite, or upper abdominal pain.
SYN: SEE: indigestion
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Dyspepsia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762329/all/nonulcer_dyspepsia.
Dyspepsia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762329/all/nonulcer_dyspepsia. Accessed April 4, 2026.
Dyspepsia. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762329/all/nonulcer_dyspepsia
Dyspepsia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 04]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762329/all/nonulcer_dyspepsia.
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