cardialgy
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
cardialgy (countable and uncountable, plural cardialgies)
- (medicine) Heartburn.
- 1825 Connop Thirlwall, The Pictures (translated from Ludwig Tieck's German):
- 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.
- 1825 Connop Thirlwall, The Pictures (translated from Ludwig Tieck's German):
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “cardialgy”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.