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Recent Examples of dyspepsia
One study found that ginger supplements can improve symptoms of functional dyspepsia, a common gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic indigestion.6
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Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
These effects can help relieve symptoms such as distention, bloating, pain, and nausea, which are often associated with slow gastric emptying and a condition known as functional dyspepsia (chronic indigestion).
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 16 Sep. 2024
The result is a condition like irritable bowel syndrome or functional dyspepsia (a.k.a. indigestion), both of which can involve unpredictable spasms of your intestines, generating gas, bloating, and yes, airier poops, Dr. Schnoll-Sussbaum says.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dyspepsia
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While largely benign, motion sickness can be highly unpleasant — often causing nausea, vomiting, and dizziness, as well as sweating, headache, and irritability in some cases.—
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Flu can impact children differently and present more general symptoms like irritability and general fussiness, or ear and stomach pain.—
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Dani’s surliness has evaporated.—
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The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.—
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Use disposable products like gauze or cotton swabs to gently remove build-up or crustiness.—
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For me, there’s always the perversity of getting on a trendy bandwagon and just liking it for the irony.—
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Here, Henkel leans into the inherent perversity that lingered in the sequels but has rarely been effectively employed since Hooper’s original.—
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The most common symptoms of teething include drooling, putting fingers or fists in their mouth, swollen or puffy gums, difficulty sleeping, crankiness and fussiness, per the institution.—
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At one point, her crankiness about being underappreciated for her domestic efforts is blamed, without irony, on her period.—
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Vince Gilligan moved to Apple and returned to his X-Files roots for the sci-fi horror dramatic comedy Pluribus, which used its ultra-mysterious and yet ultra-familiar genre trappings for a droll meditation on the eternal clash between collective joy and individual grouchiness.—
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Emily is also struggling with Annabelle, who has inherited her mom’s attitude and the grouchiness of any adolescent forced to grow up with an Evolution Media camera crew in her home.—
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“Dyspepsia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyspepsia. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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