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单词 indigestion
释义 in·di·ges·tion
\|ində̇ˈjes(h)chən, -ˌdīˈ-\ noun
Etymology: Middle English indygestyon, from Middle French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestion-, indigestio, from Latin in- in- (I) + digestion-, digestio digestion — more at digestion
1. : inability to digest something or difficulty in digesting something:
 a. : inability to assimilate or difficulty in assimilating food : incomplete or imperfect assimilation of food : dyspepsia
  < troubled with chronic indigestion >
 b. : inability to assimilate or difficulty in assimilating something other than food : incomplete or imperfect assimilation of something other than food
  < the uniform impression created everywhere … was staleness on the part of the teachers, indigestion on the part of the students — Benjamin Fine >
2. : a case or attack of indigestion
 < spoke of various indigestions she had suffered — Booth Tarkington >
 < a comment that I would get an indigestion from so much mental nourishment — Rafael Sabatini >
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