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| heart·burn [ hrt bùrn ] |
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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
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