What is the term for difficult digestion?

• A. Indigestion
• B. Gastritis
• C. Dyspepsia
• D. Bloating

Answer: (C)

Dyspepsia is the medical term for difficult digestion. It covers the range of upper abdominal symptoms that arise with digestion, such as discomfort or pain, fullness after eating, early satiety, and sometimes nausea. Indigestion is the everyday, nontechnical label people use, but dyspepsia is the precise clinical term used to describe this digestion-related discomfort in medical contexts. Gastritis refers specifically to inflammation of the stomach lining, which can cause pain but is a distinct condition rather than the general term for difficult digestion. Bloating describes a sensation of abdominal swelling often from gas, which can accompany digestion issues but does not define the overall difficulty in digestion itself.