indigestion
UK/ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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Australia/ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/
indigestion noun: a condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.
Noun
indigestion (usually uncountable, plural indigestions)
- A 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
indigestion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
indigestion in Hindi
- condition caused by eating too quickly
- अनपच anpac, बदहज़मी badhazmī, अजीर्ण ajīrṇ
indigestion in Tamil
- அஜீரணம்
indigestion in Marathi
- condition caused by eating too quickly
- अपचन apcan
indigestion in Urdu
- indigestion
- اجیرن ajīran, ثقالت saqālat
More languagesFewer languages
- indigestion in Bengali
- বদহজম bod'hojom
- indigestion in Telugu
- అజీర్ణము ajīrṇamu, అజీర్తి ajīrti
- indigestion in Malayalam
- ദഹനക്കേട് dahanakkēṭŭ
- indigestion in Kannada
- ಅಜೀರ್ಣ ajīrṇa
- indigestion in Punjabi
- ਬਦਹਜ਼ਮੀ badhazamī
- indigestion in Gujarati
- અપચો apaco
- indigestion in Sanskrit
- अजीर्ण ajīrṇa
- indigestion in Sinhala
- අජීර්ණය ajīrṇaya
- indigestion in Nepali
- अपच apac
- indigestion in Tagalog
- disatunaw
- indigestion in Arabic
- عُسْر الهَضَم ʕusr al-haḍam, تُخْمَة tuḵma
- indigestion in Malay
- ketakcernaan
- indigestion in Indonesian
- gangguan pencernaan, indigesti
- indigestion in Persian
- سوءِ هاضمه su'-e hâzeme
- indigestion in Myanmar
- အစာမကွေခွငျး a.cama.kwehkwa.ngya:
Examples of indigestion in a sentence
- Was that a flutter from my soon-to-be baby or a flutter of indigestion? I couldn't tell!
- His indigestion was self-induced. If he didn't eat so much it wouldn't hurt.
- I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.
Forms of indigestion
| plural | indigestions |
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Origin of indigestion
From Middle English indigestioun, from Old French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestio, by surface analysis, in- + digestion.
Words formed from indigestion
Questions about indigestion
- What does indigestion mean?
- Indigestion means a condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.
- What is indigestion in Hindi?
- Indigestion in Hindi is अनपच (anpac), बदहज़मी (badhazmī), अजीर्ण (ajīrṇ). See Indigestion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is indigestion?
- Indigestion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce indigestion?
- Indigestion is pronounced /ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of indigestion?
- The plural of indigestion is indigestions.
Words near indigestion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: indigestion (page history and authors); indigestion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اجیرن (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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