water brash

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water brash

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From water + brash.

noun

  1. uncountable Excessive salivation coupled with varying degrees of regurgitation into the esophagus, resulting in upper gastrointestinal symptoms such as heartburn (as the regurgitated stomach contents are typically acidic). Pyrosis is, in a minor degree, a very common attendant on various forms of dyspepsia; but in some instances it is itself so urgent and distressing, presenting itself as so prominent a feature of gastric malady, that it throws most of the other well-known symptoms into the shade, so as to claim the p

    Similar: pyrosis, water qualm

  2. Scotland, uncountable Heartburn.

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@misc{water_brash_2026,
  title = {water brash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/water%20brash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}