Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heartburn

1 sense of heartburn

Sense 1
heartburn, pyrosis -- (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)
       => symptom -- ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)