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Heartburn   /hˈɑrtbˌərn/   Listen
Heartburn

noun
1.
A painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder.  Synonym: pyrosis.





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"Heartburn" Quotes from Famous Books



... voided at some times; and a flood of colourless and insipid at others; relieving for a moment, but increasing the distemper: there is in some cases also a continual teazing cough, with a choaking stoppage in the throat at times; then heartburn, sickness, hardness of the belly, and a costive habit, or a ...
— Hypochondriasis - A Practical Treatise (1766) • John Hill


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