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cardialgia definition

cardi·al·gia (kär′dē al′jē ə, -jə)

noun

  1. a feeling of pain or discomfort in the region of the heart
  2. heartburn

Etymology: ModL < Gr kardialgia < kardia, heart + algos, pain: so named because mistakenly thought to be located in the heart

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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