Med. [ad. mod.L. apepsia (often used instead), a. Gr. ἀπεψία indigestion, f. ἀ priv. + πέπτ-ειν to digest. Cf. mod.Fr. apepsie.] Lack of digestive power.

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1678.  Phillips, Apepsie, incoction, crudity of the stomach.

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1751.  Chambers, Cycl., Apepsy, apepsia.

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1801.  E. Darwin, Zoon., III. 202. Violent apepsy, as in low fevers, and total want of digestion.

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1876.  Bartholow, Mat. Med. (1879), 123. The condition known as apepsia.

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