pleurodynia

[ ploor-uh-din-ee-uh ]

nounPathology.
  1. pain in the chest or side.

  2. 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

1
From New Latin, dating back to 1795–1805; see origin at pleur-, -odynia

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British Dictionary definitions for pleurodynia

pleurodynia

/ (ˌplʊərəʊˈdaɪnɪə) /


noun
  1. pain in the muscles between the ribs

Origin of pleurodynia

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C19: from New Latin, from pleuro- + Greek -odynia, from odynē pain

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