What is the medical term for indigestion?

• A. Dyspepsia
• B. Dysphagia
• C. Emesis
• D. Gastroduodenostomy

Answer: (A)

Indigestion is described medically as dyspepsia. This term captures the common upper abdominal discomfort, fullness, bloating, belching, or nausea that people feel after eating. It comes from Greek roots meaning “bad digestion,” which makes it the precise label for this symptom pattern. The other terms describe entirely different things: dysphagia is trouble swallowing, emesis is vomiting, and gastroduodenostomy is a surgical connection between the stomach and duodenum.