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pyrosis

American  
[pahy-roh-sis] / paɪˈroʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. heartburn.


pyrosis British  
/ paɪˈrəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. pathol a technical name for heartburn

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Etymology

Origin of pyrosis

1780–90; < New Latin < Greek pȳrōsis; pyr-, -osis

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Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.

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In the more typical cases there are no signs of dyspepsia whatever, no fulness nor excessive redness of the tongue, no nausea, regurgitation of food, nor pyrosis.

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

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In Concan the sweetened decoction of the plant with a little cumin seed is given for dyspepsia with pyrosis.

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The dinner, from the removal of the potage to the salad, bristled with truffles, and the banker's stomach, aged forty-seven years, experienced the burning and biting of pyrosis.

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