pleurodynia
[ ploor-uh-din-ee-uh ]
nounPathology.
pain in the chest or side.
Also called epidemic pleurodynia, devil's grip. an epidemic disease caused by a coxsackievirus, characterized by sudden chest pain, mild fever, and recurrence on the third day of these symptoms.
Origin of pleurodynia
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British Dictionary definitions for pleurodynia
pleurodynia
/ (ˌplʊərəʊˈdaɪnɪə) /
noun
pain in the muscles between the ribs
Origin of pleurodynia
1C19: from New Latin, from pleuro- + Greek -odynia, from odynē pain
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