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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indigestion \In`di*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. indigestio: cf F. indigestion. See {In-} not and {Digest}.] Lack of proper digestive action a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indigestion n : a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea [syn: {dyspepsia}, {stomach upset}, {upset stomach}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind. As the simple Red Man of the western wild put it with it must be confessed, a certain force: "Plenty well no pray; big bellyache, heap God."
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