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heartburn

heart·burn [ hrt bùrn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
unpleasant sensation in chest: an uncomfortable burning sensation in the lower chest, usually caused by stomach acid flowing back into the lower end of the esophagus.
Technical name  cardialgia (sense 1) pyrosis


[<heart in the obsolete sense "stomach"]
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