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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  
/ -dʒə, ˌkɑːdɪˈældʒɪə /

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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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

Soap neutralizes the gastric acid without effervescence, and thus relieves the pain of cardialgia, where the stomach is affected.

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

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

For in riding a journey in cold weather, when the feet are long kept too cold, the digestion is impaired, and cardialgia produced.

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

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 Darwin, Erasmus

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