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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Localized pain in the region of the heart.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, the heartburn; a burning sensation in the upper, left, or cardiac orifice of the stomach, rising into the esophagus, due to indigestion; gastralgia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun cardialgy; heartburn

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek kardialgiā : kardiā, heart; see cardia + -algiā, -algia.]

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