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acid indigestion

noun as in indigestion

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"To do this, we created an injectable hydrogel where we combined the delivery of the chemotherapeutic doxorubicin with something to combat the acidic pH in the local region. In this case, we used sodium bicarbonate, a chemical compound that is commonly used to treat acid indigestion."

The burning pain of acid indigestion — commonly called heartburn — affects an estimated 60 million Americans at least once a month and 15 million people daily, according to the American College of Gastroenterology.

Ranitidine is available as an over-the-counter medication and is used to treat heartburn, acid indigestion and sour stomach.

She began suffering bouts of acid indigestion, which she chalked up to the contrast between the rich French food she was eating and the tamer vegetarian diet to which she was accustomed.

Like a commercial for acid indigestion pills featuring an actor in a white lab coat in front of some charts, it looks scientific — from a distance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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