indigestion
See also: indigestión
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English indigestioun, from Old French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestio, by surface analysis, in- + digestion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]indigestion (usually uncountable, plural indigestions)
- A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.
- 1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 280:
- If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]condition caused by eating too quickly
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin indigestiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]indigestion f (plural indigestions)
- indigestion
- (figuratively) overdose of, surfeit of something
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “indigestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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