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Apepsy :: Apepsy (n.) Defective digestion, indigestion..

Dyspepsia :: Dyspepsia () Alt. of Dyspeps.

Dyspepsy :: Dyspepsy () A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc..

Eupepsia :: Eupepsia (n.) Alt. of Eupeps.

Eupepsy :: Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.

Isopepsin :: Isopepsin (n.) Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40� to 60� C.

Pepsin :: Pepsin (n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals..

Pepsinhydrochloric :: Pepsinhydrochloric (a.) Same as Peptohydrochloric.

Pepsinogen :: Pepsinogen (n.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.

Propepsin :: Propepsin (n.) See Persinogen.