gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) any of various conditions resulting from gastroesophageal reflux, ranging in seriousness from mild to life-threatening; principal characteristics are heartburn and regurgitation. When there is damage to the esophageal epithelium, it is known as reflux esophagitis.
Missouri Compromise Map. (Missouri Compromise 1820 Map) An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state,  and Maine as a free state, to keep the balance of slave/non-slave  states equal in Congress. It also est â¦ ablished the 36-30 line, and  said that slavery would not be allowed above that line except for  in Missouri.   The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, and  gave the South stricter Fugitive Slave Laws as a way to balance  the deal.n 1820, the Missouri Compromise happened because of the desire of  Northern and Southern national leaders to maintain an even balance  between slavery-supporters and slaver â¦ y-opponents in America's  federal governing power.