undigestion

Definitions

Lack of digestion, or poor digestion.

uncountable

Examples

“The presence of food in any state of digestion or undigestion in the ileum must be a source of irritation and danger.”

“A new word was introduced recently into English — undigestion. This simply refers to a lack of movement of food in the stomach and small intestine and responds to treatment with domperidone.”

“When we arrived at one of those soda ponds, being a little backwash slough with a white deposit⟳ over the top, I collected a pocketful of dust that goes by the western name⟳ of “saleratus,” which is practically the identical same thing as baking soda, and really first-rate for undigestion.”

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