heartburn

from 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}]
from 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]
from 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
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