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UK
/dɪspˈɛptɪk/
]
[ US /ˌdɪsˈpɛptɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌdɪsˈpɛptɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- suffering from dyspepsia
- irritable as if suffering from indigestion
NOUN
- a person suffering from indigestion
How To Use dyspeptic In A Sentence
- Sometimes one had a large pink blusterous person trying to carry us off our feet by his pseudo-boyish frankness, now some dyspeptically yellow whisperer, now some earnest, specially dressed youth with an eye-glass and a buttonhole, now some homely-speaking, shrewd Manchester man or some Scotchman eager to be very clear and full. Tono Bungay
- An H pylori test and treat strategy in high risk patients would result in prescription of eradication therapy in only 9.6% of all dyspeptic patients, 26% of whom would have a peptic ulcer.
- a vegetable dieter, and Mr. Galen Cornaro, an abominator of wine, and a dyspeptic follower of Kitchener and Abernethy -- a trio of singularities that would afford excellent materials for my friend Richard Peake, the dramatist, in mixing up a new _monopolylogue_ for that facetious child of whim and wit, the inimitable Charles Mathews. The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life
- Four randomised controlled trials have confirmed that H pylori ‘test and treat’ is more cost effective than endoscopy, and many guidelines now recommend this approach for young dyspeptic patients.
- Among the main entrées, only the braised pork belly drew much praise from the collection of prim, quietly dyspeptic foodies arrayed at my table.
- My hit counter goes up every time I have a feud with some dyspeptic sociopath on the pro-war left.
- ‘How should I know what you read? ‘asked the dyspeptic Sol.’
- I remembered him as being tall, slight, grey, rather wiry, perhaps in his early sixties and a bit dyspeptic. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
- One of the fox hunters nominated the insurance broker, which so surprised dyspeptic Jim himself that he broke the point on his pencil. THE WIDOW'S TRIAL
- The authors conclude that in dyspeptic patients older than 50 years, initial endoscopy could be an effective strategy if the cost of the procedure could be lowered.