heart-burn
heart-burn is the alternative form of heartburn.
Meaning of heartburn
Noun
heartburn (countable and uncountable, plural heartburns)
- A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
- Coordinate term: cardiodynia
- Synonyms:
- acid reflux, gastric reflux, gastroesophageal reflux, pyrosis, water brash, cardialgia, cardialgy
- annoyance, heartache, or similar feelings.
- ”There’s some heartburn about the fact the message is getting stepped on,” said Mark McKinnon, Bush’s campaign media strategist.2001, J. Michael Willard, The Accidental Headline, →ISBN, page 80
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- Heart-burn is the alternative form of heartburn.
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