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[syn: heartburn, pyrosis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heartburn \Heart"burn`\ (-b[^u]rn`), n. (Med.)
An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended
with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but
is often a symptom of other complaints.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heartburn
n 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 [syn: heartburn,
pyrosis]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartburn":
ache, aching, angina, backache, bellyache, cardialgia, cephalalgia,
cholera morbus, colic, collywobbles, constipation, costiveness,
diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, earache, envy, flux, fret, gnawing,
green-eyed jealousy, green-eyed monster, gripe, gripes, gut-ache,
headache, heartburning, hemicrania, horn-madness, indigestion,
irregularity, jalousie, jaundice, jaundiced eye, jealousness,
jealousy, lientery, megrim, migraine, obstipation, odontalgia,
otalgia, pyrosis, sick headache, splitting headache, stomachache,
throbbing pain, toothache, trots