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Definition: Pyrosis |
PyrosisNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pyrosis \Py*ro"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, fr Greek burning, an inflammation, from to burn, from fire.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Heartburn. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PyrosisSynonym: heartburn (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pyrosis |
| English words defined with "pyrosis": Antipyrotic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pyrosis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (pyrosis), Dutch (pyrosis), French (heartburn), German (heartburn, pyrosis). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pyrosis | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pyrosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pyrosis (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pyrosis (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyroosi (heartburn), närästys (acid dyspepsia, heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pyrosis (m), pyrosis, pyrose, cardialgie, brûlures d'estomac, aigreurs d'estomac, aigreurs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pyrosis (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στομαχικός καύσος (heartburn), στομαχικές καούρες (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צרבת (burn, heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyomorégés (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pirosi (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | brooighe (eructation, rift, to bring up wind, waterbrash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yrosispay pirose (heartburn). (various references) изжога (brash, epigastric burning, heartburn). (various references) gorušica (heartburn, heartburning). (various references) pirosis, ardor de estómago (heartburn). (various references) halsbränna (heartburn, water brash). (various references) печія (heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pyrosis": pyrosises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pyrosis" (pronounced 'Py*ro"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-p-r-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: prissy, pyosis. | |
-2 letters: pisos, priss, pross, prosy, spiry, sysop. | |
-3 letters: piso, piss, pois, posy, pros, psis, rips, ropy, rosy, sips, sirs, sops, sori, soys, spry, sris, yips. | |
-4 letters: ops, ors, pis, poi, pro, pry, psi, rip, sip, sir, sis, sop, sos, soy, spy, sri, yip. | |
-5 letters: is, op, or, os, oy, pi, si, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-p-r-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: gossipry, isospory. | |
+2 letters: caryopsis, pyrolysis, pyrosises, sophistry. | |
+3 letters: dysphorias, dysprosium, hydropsies, isopropyls, promissory, spirogyras, spuriously. | |
+4 letters: aepyornises, caryopsides, cryoscopies, dysprosiums, dystrophies, gypsiferous, hypocorisms, hypocrisies, polyhistors, polymerises, polymerisms, presbyopias, presbyopics, proselytise, proselytism, proteolysis, pyranosides, pyrolusites, responsibly, supervisory, suppository, symposiarch. | |
+5 letters: astrophysics, dispensatory, hyperbolists, hyperostosis, hypodermises, microphysics, oppressively, polydisperse, polyhedrosis, proselytised, proselytises, proselytisms, proselytizes, responsively, scrupulosity, seismography, stereotypies, streptolysin, symposiarchs, tropomyosins, trypsinogens, viceroyships, xerophytisms. | |
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