Which medical term means slow digestion?

A) tachypepsia
B) dyspepsia
C) apepsia
D) bradypepsia


D) bradypepsia
Brady- means slow and -pepsia means digestion, so bradypepsia means slow
digestion. Tachy- means fast, so tachypepsia means fast digestion. Dys- means difficult or
painful, so dyspepsia would mean difficult or painful digestion. A- means without, so apepsia
means without digestion.

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