Dyspepsia

(dis-pep’-se-ah) \j6vg, difficult; tvettteiv, to digest]. Disturbed digestion. D., Atonic, a form due to insufficient quantity or impaired quality of the gastric juice, or to deficient action of the gastric muscles. D., Catarrhal, that form caused by inflammation of the stomach. D., Intestinal, that due to imperfect digestive action of the intestinal juices, or to lack of tone in the muscular coat of the bowel. D., Nervous, that form characterized by gastric pains, coming on often when the stomach is empty and relieved by eating, and by various reflex nervous phenomena, especially by palpitation. 250