Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Indigestion resulting from an abnormal proportion of chlorids in the gastric juice.
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Thus it appears that four ounces of claret produced marked hypopepsia in a case of moderate hyperpepsia, whereas two ounces of brandy produced practically apepsia. "
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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