Etymology

hyperpepsia

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Today it means: Dyspepsia characterized by an excess of chlorides in the gastric juice, without an excess of free hydrochloric acid. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πέψις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέψις“digestion”
  2. English todayhyperpepsia

From hyper- + Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -ia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέψις all →

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