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pyrosis

[ pahy-roh-sis ]

noun

Pathology.


pyrosis

/ 貹ɪˈəʊɪ /

noun

  1. pathol a technical name for heartburn
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pyrosis1

1780–90; < New Latin < Greek ̄ō; pyr-, -osis
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pyrosis1

C18: from New Latin, from Greek: a burning, from puroun to burn, from pur fire
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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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