cardialgy

English

Etymology

cardio- +‎ -algy

From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).diˌal.dʒi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɹ.diˌæl.d͡ʒi/

Noun

cardialgy (countable and uncountable, plural cardialgies)

1. (medicine) Heartburn.
   • 1825, Connop Thirlwall, translated by from Ludwig Tieck's German, The Pictures:

     These oysters, taken in excess, lead to sickness; this Burgundy, after a few stages, to red noses; these truffles, with the appurtenances, to dropsy, cardialgy [Magenkrampf] and similar complaints.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “cardialgy”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.