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

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