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indigestion

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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  • Australian: /ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D AY0 JH EH1 S CH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: symptom

History

Etymology

From Middle English indigestioun, from Old French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestio, by surface analysis, in- + digestion.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: slegte spysvertering — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Albanian: dispepsi — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Arabic: عُسْر الهَضَم (ʕusr al-haḍam) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Arabic: تُخْمَة (tuḵma) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Azerbaijani: həzmsizlik — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Basque: indigestioak — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Belarusian: нястраўнасць (njastrawnascʹ) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Bengali: বদহজম (bod'hojom) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Bulgarian: лошо храносмилане (lošo hranosmilane) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Burmese: အစာမကွေခွငျး (a.cama.kwehkwa.ngya:) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Catalan: indigestió — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Chichewa: kudzimbidwa — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消化不良 (xiāohuà bùliáng) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Corsican: indigestione — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Czech: špatné trávení — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Czech: zažívací potíže — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Dutch: indigestie — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Esperanto: dispepsio — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Esperanto: misdigesto — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Estonian: seedehäired — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Estonian: seedehäire — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Finnish: ruoansulatusvaivat — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Finnish: ruoansulatushäiriö — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • French: indigestion — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Galician: indixestión — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Galician: empacho — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Georgian: საჭმლის მონელების დარღვევა (sač̣mlis monelebis darɣveva) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • German: Verdauungsstörung — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Greek: δυσπεψία (dyspepsía) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Greek: βαρυστομαχιά (varystomachiá) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπεψία (apepsía) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Gujarati: અપચો (apaco) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Haitian Creole: gonfleman — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Hindi: अनपच (anpac) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Hindi: बदहज़मी (badhazmī) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Hindi: अजीर्ण (ajīrṇ) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Hungarian: gyomorrontás — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Icelandic: meltingartruflanir — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Indonesian: gangguan pencernaan — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Indonesian: indigesti — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Irish: mí-dhíleá — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Irish: tinneas bhéal an ghoile — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Italian: indigestione — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Japanese: 消化不良 (shōka furyō) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Kannada: ಅಜೀರ್ಣ (ajīrṇa) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Khmer: ការរំលាយអាហារ (kaa rumliəy ʼaahaa) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Korean: 소화 불량 (sohwa bullyang) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Kyrgyz: ашказан бузулуу (aşkazan buzuluu) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Kyrgyz: зилинин (zilinin) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Latin: cruditatem — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Latin: cruditas — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Latin: cruditates — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Latin: indīgestiō — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Latvian: gremošanas traucējumi — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Lithuanian: nevirškinimas — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Malay: ketakcernaan — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Malayalam: ദഹനക്കേട് (dahanakkēṭŭ) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Maltese: indiġestjoni — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Māori: taratarawai — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Māori: kunāwhea — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Marathi: अपचन (apcan) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Nepali: अपच (apac) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Norwegian: fordøyelsesproblemer — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Norwegian: fordøyelsesbesvær — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Persian: سوءِ هاضمه (su'-e hâzeme) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Polish: niestrawność — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Polish: dyspepsja — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Portuguese: indigestão — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Punjabi: ਬਦਹਜ਼ਮੀ (badhazamī) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Romanian: indigestie — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Russian: несваре́ние желу́дка (nesvarénije želúdka) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Russian: диспепси́я (dispepsíja) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Sanskrit: अजीर्ण (ajīrṇa) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Scottish Gaelic: cion-meirbhidh — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Scottish Gaelic: dì-chnàmhadh — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Serbo-Croatian: пробавне сметње — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Serbo-Croatian: probavne smetnje — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Sinhalese: අජීර්ණය (ajīrṇaya) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Spanish: indigestión — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Swedish: indigestion — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Tagalog: disatunaw — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Telugu: అజీర్ణము (ajīrṇamu) — condition caused by eating too quickly
  • Telugu: అజీర్తి (ajīrti) — condition caused by eating too quickly