pleurodynia

[ploor-uh-din-ee-uh]

noun

Pathology.

1. pain in the chest or side.

2. Also called devil's grip. Also called epidemic pleurodynia,. an epidemic disease caused by a coxsackievirus, characterized by sudden chest pain, mild fever, and recurrence on the third day of these symptoms.

pleurodynia

/ ˌplʊərəʊˈdaɪnɪə /

noun

1. pain in the muscles between the ribs

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurodynia¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1795–1805; pleur-, -odynia

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurodynia¹

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

Example Sentences

The group includes lumbago, stiff-neck, and pleurodynia—conditions which have this in common, that sudden and severe pain is excited by movement of the affected part.

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It is a valuable counter-irritant in peritonitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, lumbago, pleurodynia, etc.

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In pleurodynia—intercostal fibrositis—the pain is in the line of the intercostal nerves, and is excited by movement of the chest, as in coughing, or by any bodily exertion.

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Diseases, Dose, etc.—Mustard leaves dampened with cold water are good for pleurodynia, lumbago, neuritis, cramps in legs, inflammations, croup, etc., applied locally.

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