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cardialgia

American  
[kahr-dee-al-jee-uh, -juh] / ˌkɑr diˈæl dʒi ə, -dʒə /

noun

Pathology.
  1. heartburn.

  2. cardiodynia.


cardialgia British  
/ ˌkɑːdɪˈældʒɪə, -dʒə /

noun

  1. obsolete pain in or near the heart

  2. a technical name for heartburn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of cardialgia

First recorded in 1645–55; cardi- + -algia


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Here am I stung and tortured with gastritis, hepatitis, splenitis, nephritis, epistaxis, odontalgia, cardialgia, diarhoea, and a whole legion of devils with Latin names!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 by Various

It is distinguished from apepsia and cardialgia by there being nothing ejected from the stomach by the retrograde motions of it, or of the œsophagus.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

Heart′burn, a burning, acrid feeling, said to be due to the irritation of the upper end of the stomach by the fumes of its acrid contents: cardialgia: Heart′burning, discontent: secret enmity.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

As in cardialgia the pain is often felt in the pharinx, when the acid material stimulates the other end of the canal, which terminates in the stomach.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

Dogs are afflicted with a disease of the stomach, which is very like to "water-brash," "pyrosis," or "cardialgia," in the human being.

From The Dog by Dinks

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