Meanings
nounindigestion (usually uncountable, plural indigestions)
plural indigestions
- uncountableusuallymedicineA condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.
If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 280
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
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Origin
- Late Latinindigestio
- Old Frenchindigestion
- Middle Englishindigestioun
- Englishindigestion
From Middle English indigestioun, from Old French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestio, by surface analysis, in- + digestion.
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Afrikaans slegte spysvertering
- slegte spysverteringcondition caused by eating too quickly
Ancient Greek ἀπεψία
- ἀπεψία (apepsía)condition caused by eating too quickly
Arabic عُسْر الهَضَم, تُخْمَة
- عُسْر الهَضَم (ʕusr al-haḍam)condition caused by eating too quickly
- تُخْمَة (tuḵma)condition caused by eating too quickly
Basque indigestioak
- indigestioakcondition caused by eating too quickly
Bengali বদহজম
- বদহজম (bod'hojom)condition caused by eating too quickly
Bulgarian лошо храносмилане
- лошо храносмилане (lošo hranosmilane)condition caused by eating too quickly
Catalan indigestió
- indigestiócondition caused by eating too quickly
Chinese Mandarin 消化不良
- 消化不良 (xiāohuà bùliáng)condition caused by eating too quickly
Czech špatné trávení, zažívací potíže
- špatné trávenícondition caused by eating too quickly
- zažívací potížecondition caused by eating too quickly
Dutch indigestie
- indigestiecondition caused by eating too quickly
Esperanto dispepsio, misdigesto
- dispepsiocondition caused by eating too quickly
- misdigestocondition caused by eating too quickly
Estonian seedehäired, seedehäire
- seedehäiredcondition caused by eating too quickly
- seedehäirecondition caused by eating too quickly
Finnish ruoansulatusvaivat, ruoansulatushäiriö
- ruoansulatusvaivatcondition caused by eating too quickly
- ruoansulatushäiriöcondition caused by eating too quickly
French indigestion
- indigestioncondition caused by eating too quickly
German Verdauungsstörung
- Verdauungsstörungcondition caused by eating too quickly
Greek δυσπεψία, βαρυστομαχιά
- δυσπεψία (dyspepsía)condition caused by eating too quickly
- βαρυστομαχιά (varystomachiá)condition caused by eating too quickly
Hindi अनपच, बदहज़मी
- अनपच (anpac)condition caused by eating too quickly
- बदहज़मी (badhazmī)condition caused by eating too quickly
- अजीर्ण (ajīrṇ)condition caused by eating too quickly
Hungarian gyomorrontás
- gyomorrontáscondition caused by eating too quickly
Icelandic meltingartruflanir
- meltingartruflanircondition caused by eating too quickly
Indonesian gangguan pencernaan, indigesti
- gangguan pencernaancondition caused by eating too quickly
- indigesticondition caused by eating too quickly
Irish mí-dhíleá, tinneas bhéal an ghoile
- mí-dhíleácondition caused by eating too quickly
- tinneas bhéal an ghoilecondition caused by eating too quickly
Italian indigestione
- indigestionecondition caused by eating too quickly
Japanese 消化不良
- 消化不良 (shōka furyō)condition caused by eating too quickly
Korean 소화 불량
- 소화 불량 (sohwa bullyang)condition caused by eating too quickly
Latin cruditatem, cruditas
- cruditatemcondition caused by eating too quickly
- cruditascondition caused by eating too quickly
- cruditatescondition caused by eating too quickly
- indīgestiōcondition caused by eating too quickly
Latvian gremošanas traucējumi
- gremošanas traucējumicondition caused by eating too quickly
Lithuanian nevirškinimas
- nevirškinimascondition caused by eating too quickly
Malay ketakcernaan
- ketakcernaancondition caused by eating too quickly
Māori taratarawai, kunāwhea
- taratarawaicondition caused by eating too quickly
- kunāwheacondition caused by eating too quickly
Norwegian fordøyelsesproblemer, fordøyelsesbesvær
- fordøyelsesproblemercondition caused by eating too quickly
- fordøyelsesbesværcondition caused by eating too quickly
Persian سوءِ هاضمه
- سوءِ هاضمه (su'-e hâzeme)condition caused by eating too quickly
Polish niestrawność, dyspepsja
- niestrawnośćcondition caused by eating too quickly
- dyspepsjacondition caused by eating too quickly
Portuguese indigestão
- indigestãocondition caused by eating too quickly
Punjabi ਬਦਹਜ਼ਮੀ
- ਬਦਹਜ਼ਮੀ (badhazamī)condition caused by eating too quickly
Romanian indigestie
- indigestiecondition caused by eating too quickly
Russian несваре́ние желу́дка, диспепси́я
- несваре́ние желу́дка (nesvarénije želúdka)condition caused by eating too quickly
- диспепси́я (dispepsíja)condition caused by eating too quickly
Scottish Gaelic cion-meirbhidh, dì-chnàmhadh
- cion-meirbhidhcondition caused by eating too quickly
- dì-chnàmhadhcondition caused by eating too quickly
Spanish indigestión
- indigestióncondition caused by eating too quickly
Swedish indigestion
- indigestioncondition caused by eating too quickly
Tagalog disatunaw
- disatunawcondition caused by eating too quickly
Cite this entry
APA
indigestion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indigestion
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“indigestion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indigestion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indigestion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indigestion.
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