Which medical term means slow digestion?

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


D
Explanation: 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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