heartburn
an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
bitter jealousy; envy.
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On top of that, several studies have shown that sleeping on your right side can aggravate heartburn.
The best sleep position for minimizing aches and pains | Eleanor Cummins | October 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt also cuts down on heartburn, as it keeps your head elevated above your chest.
The best sleep position for minimizing aches and pains | Eleanor Cummins | October 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThat’s what AstraZeneca did around the turn of the century, when it evaded an expiring patent on the profitable heartburn drug Prilosec by introducing Nexium, a drug that was basically just different enough from Prilosec to get a new patent.
When To Stop Hoping For a COVID-19 Miracle Cure | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 4, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightChest pain is a vague symptom that can be present in anything from heartburn to a panic attack to a heart attack.
Psychiatry Is Still Stuck in Freud's Era. Big Data Can Revolutionize How We Care for Patients | Daniel Barron | July 9, 2021 | Time“It gives the rest of us heartburn because we want to think there is an open ad economy, but the big guys are winning,” said Katherine Cartwright, principal at Criterion Global, an international media buying agency.
‘The big guys are winning’: Digital media budgets prioritize Walmart, Amazon despite a glut of retail media inventory | Erika Wheless | March 23, 2021 | Digiday
It was hard, and he had been fired off of heartburn, so he was very upset by that.
Rob Reiner on the State of Romcoms, ‘The Princess Bride’s’ Alternate Ending, and the Red Viper | Marlow Stern | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was squeezing and suppressing the rights of women and causing heartburn among non-Muslims.
Leslie H. Gelb on the Democracy-Elections Trap in Egypt | Leslie H. Gelb | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut his career is filled with the kind of inflammatory soundbites that give campaign managers heartburn.
Senator Geraldo Rivera? Seems Unlikely the Fox News Pundit Will Run | Howard Kurtz | February 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTheartburn By Nora Ephron What would the genre of romantic comedy be without Nora Ephron?
The Most Spectacular Literary Divorces: Nora Ephron, Rachel Cusk, & More | Jessica Ferri | September 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the ride the immense feeling of experiencing a “miracle” persisted—taking hold long before heartburn took over.
My Chick-Fil-A Miracle: Dining at Fried-Chicken Chain’s Original Restaurant | Andy Jacobsohn | July 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf there be acid on the stomach, use the means recommended for heartburn.
I ain't tried them for quite a while, and maybe they'll help the heartburn.
Ethan Frome | Edith WhartonIt is a popular remedy in dyspepsia, flatulent colic, and heartburn.
For relief from heartburn or dyspepsia, drink a little cold water in which has been dissolved a teaspoonful of salt.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham BurroughsPray leave off wine:—the stomach is quite at rest; no heartburn, no pain, no distention.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England | Richard Valpy French
British Dictionary definitions for heartburn
/ (ˈhɑːtˌbɜːn) /
a burning sensation beneath the breastbone caused by irritation of the oesophagus, as from regurgitation of the contents of the stomach: Technical names: cardialgia, pyrosis
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Scientific definitions for heartburn
[ härt′bûrn′ ]
A burning sensation, usually centered in the middle of the chest near the sternum, caused by the reflux of acidic stomach fluids that enter the lower end of the esophagus. Also called acid reflux
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Cultural definitions for heartburn
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