cardialgia
Americannoun
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obsolete pain in or near the heart
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a technical name for heartburn
Other Word Forms
- cardialgic adjective
Etymology
Origin of cardialgia
Example Sentences
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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
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 Darwin, Erasmus
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
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
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
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