n. A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. See Water brash, under brash.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In pathology, the eructation of watery fluid, usually insipid, but sometimes acrid, attended with more or less burning pain in the epigastrium. It is commonly called water-brash.
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n. 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
Word Usage
"Zubair was a wreck, a ball of frayed nerves with a stomach full of bubbling acid that had resulted in a scorching pyrosis."