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dysmenorrhea
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dyspeptic
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dyspeptic
dyspeptic [ diss péptik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. having indigestion: having acid indigestion
2. bad-tempered: easily angered
[Late 17th century. < Greek duspeptos 'difficult of digestion' < peptein 'cook, digest']

dyspeptic noun
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