cardialgic, a.
(kɑːdɪˈældʒɪk)
[ad. Gr. καρδιαλγικός; cf. F. cardialgique: see cardial a.1]
1. Pertaining to cardialgia.
| 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 124 They..helpe the Cardialgicke paines of the stomacke. Ibid. viii. 188. |
2. fig. (nonce-use.) Producing ‘heart-ache’.
| 1817 Coleridge Own Times (1850) III. 951 Twice as many cardialgic teeth, that have given ten-fold more heart⁓aches than, etc. |