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Webster 1913 Edition
Cardialgy
{ ‖
Carˊdi-al′gl-a
,Car′di-alˊgy
, }Noun.
[NL.
cardialgia
, fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] heart + [GREEK] pain: cf. F. cardialgie
.] (Med.)
A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cardialgy
CARDIALGY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cardialgy
cardialgy
English
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
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.