Note 38 — II. THE SEXUAL EPOCH OF THE MENACME.

German, saures Aufstossen und Sodbrennen; for the latter noun heartburn would appear to be the most precise English equivalent, since the term pyrosis is sometimes employed to denote the acid eructation (or water-brash) and sometimes the accompanying sensation at the pit of the stomach—heartburn or cardialgia. Etymologically, of course, the latter sense of pyrosis is correct (Greek, πῦρ, fire).—Tr.