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water brash

noun

, Pathology.

water brash

First recorded in 1795–1805

This disease is more frequently called water brash and sometimes heart burn.

Water-brash (Munster), severe acidity of the stomach with a flow of watery saliva from the mouth.

If much sugar or salt is used my stomach gets very sour, and water-brash is the result.

Exceptionally, it may be insipid or brackish, constituting what is known as pyrosis, or water-brash.

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