heartburnnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhɑːt.bɜːn/us/ˈhɑːrt.bɝːn/a painful burning feeling in the lower chest caused by the stomach not digesting food correctly
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Digestive disorders
- achalasia
- acid reflux
- amebic dysentery
- amoebic dysentery
- bellyache
- bilious
- bloat
- bowel incontinence
- cholera
- colic
- dyspeptic
- gastritis
- ileitis
- incontinence
- irritable bowel syndrome
- merycism
- mesenteric ischaemia
- mesenteric panniculitis
- occlusion
- upset
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