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Pyrosis

Pyrosis \Py*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr Gr. ? a burning, an inflammation, fr. ? to burn, fr. ? fire.] (Med.) See Water brash, under Brash.

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pyrosis

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

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pyrosis

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 [syn: heartburn]

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Pyrosis

Pyrosis is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae.

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They muttered and their surfaces moiled: arcs of cold pyrosis flared inches from them.