heartburn
pronunciation
How to pronounce heartburn in British English:
UK [ˈhɑ:tbɜ:n]
How to pronounce heartburn in American English:
US [ˈhɑrtbɜrn]
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- Noun:
- a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder
Word Origin
- heartburn (n.)
- mid-13c., herte-brine "lust," later "burning sensation in the esophagus, indigestion" (mid-15c.); see heart (n.) + burn (n.). Compare cardiac for confusion of "heart" and "stomach." A Middle English alternative was herte-brenning "anger, bitterness" (c. 1400), also "heartburn" (mid-15c.).
Example
- 1. It can also cause heartburn .
- 2. If you get heartburn easily , avoid spicy and fatty foods for dinner .
- 3. But he accepts it has caused " heartburn " at some local chambers .
- 4. Its own drugs that it plans to expand in china with techpool include pantoloc for heartburn .
- 5. Stomach acid has long been blamed for acid reflux , heartburn and other ills .