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<hw><hw>Dys*pep"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dys*pep"sy</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>,<hw><ety>[L. <ets>dyspepsia</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ hard to digest; <?/ ill, hard + <?/ to cook, digest; akin to E. <ets>cook</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dyspepsie</ets>. See <er>Dys-</er>, and 3d Cook.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Dyspeptic, Dyspeptical</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw><hw>Dys*pep"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dys*pep"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; <as>as, a <ex>dyspeptic</ex> or <ex>dyspeptical</ex> symptom</as>.</def>

<h1>Dyspeptic</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys*pep"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person afflicted with dyspepsia.</def>

<h1>Dyspeptone</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys*pep"tone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dys-</ets> + <ets>peptone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice.</def>

<i>Meissner.</i>

<h1>Dysphagia, Dysphagy</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw><hw>Dys*pha"gi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dys"pha*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>dysphagia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ ill, hard + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Difficulty in swallowing.</def>

<h1>Dysphonia, Dysphony</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw><hw>Dys*pho"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dys"pho*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>dysphonia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ ill, hard + <?/ sound, voice: cf. F. <ets>dysphonie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice.</def>

<h1>Dysphoria</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys*pho"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ hard to bear; <?/ ill, hard + <?/ to bear: cf. F. <ets>dysphorie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.</def>

<h1>Dyspn</a</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dysp*n<?/"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ short of breath; pref. <?/ ill, hard + <?/, <?/, breathing, <?/ to blow, breathe: cf. F. <ets>dyspn\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Difficulty of breathing.</def>

<h1>Dyspnoic</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dysp*no"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn<?/a.</def>

<h1>Dysteleology</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys*te`le*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dys-</ets> + <ets>teleology</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.</def>

<blockquote>To the doctrine of <b>dysteleology</b>, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. <i>Word (Dynamic Sociology).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dystocia</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys*to"ci*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ ill, hard + <?/ delivery.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Difficult delivery pr parturition.</def>

<h1>Dystome</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys"tome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ill, hard + <?/ cutting, <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Cleaving with difficulty.</def>

<note>&hand; Datolite was called <i>dystome spar</i> by Mohs.</note>

<h1>Dysuria, Dysury</h1> <Xpage=464>