pyrosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πύρωσις (púrōsis, “burning”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Noun

pyrosis (usually uncountable, plural pyroses)

1. (medicine) A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.

Synonyms

• cardialgy
• heartburn

Translations

burning sensation due to reflux

• Catalan: pirosi f, coragre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胃灼熱 / 胃灼热 (zh) (wèizhuórè)

• Czech: pyróza f, pálení žáhy n
• Esperanto: pirozo
• Finnish: närästys (fi), pyroosi
• French: pyrosis (fr) m, brûlures d’estomac (fr) f pl
• German: Sodbrennen (de) n, Pyrosis f
• Hungarian: gyomorégés (hu)
• Italian: pirosi (it) f
• Japanese: 胸焼け (むねやけ, muneyake)
• Macedonian: жиго́вина f (žigóvina)
• Polish: zgaga (pl) f
• Portuguese: pirose (pt) f
• Russian: пиро́зис m (pirózis), изжо́га (ru) f (izžóga)
• Spanish: pirosis f