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Definition of Pyrosis
1. 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.
Definition of Pyrosis
1. n. See Water brash, under Brash.
Definition of Pyrosis
1. Noun. (medicine) A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyrosis
1. heartburn [n -SISES] - See also: heartburn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrosis
Literary usage of Pyrosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"The medicines that have been found most useful in pyrosis are— 2. Sedatives,
especially opium and the salts of morphia, which probably also tend to restrain ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1890)
"CARTER, MD LOND., Senior Physician, Queen's Hospital, Birmingham. FEW symptomatic
conditions are of more common occurrence than pyrosis or waterbrash, ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1854)
"Tree/men! of pyrosis. By Dr. G. BUDD, FRS—In the treatment of water- brash, our
first endeavour should, of course, be to remove the conditions that may seem ..."
4. Thirty-five Years in the East: Adventures, Discoveries, Experiements, and by John Martin Honigberger (1852)
"Galena, pyrosis. Galla T., dyspepsia with headache. Pain of the stomach and in
the umbilical region, p. Gard, du/n., anorexia. ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1869)
"ON SULPHUROUS ACID IN THE TREATMENT OF pyrosis. By Dr. HENRY LAWSON, Assistant
Physician to St. Mary's Hospital. The very remarkable cures recorded by Dr. ..."
6. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1841)
"According to Dr. West, pyrosis is a disease of debility of the nervous system
... Indeed, the author proposes to designate pyrosis, " a dropsy of the ..."
7. Modern medical therapeutics: A Compendium of Recent Formulae and Specific by George Henry Napheys (1879)
"Two before each meal, in functional derangements of the stomach, particularly
pyrosis, flatulence and gastralgia after eating. 651. ..."
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