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pleurodynia

[ ploor-uh-din-ee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. pain in the chest or side.
  2. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurodynia1

From New Latin, dating back to 1795–1805; pleur-, -odynia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurodynia1

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

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

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.

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

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