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pleurodynia
[ ploor-uh-din-ee-uh ]
noun
- pain in the chest or side.
- 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
- pain in the muscles between the ribs
Word History and Origins
Origin of pleurodynia1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pleurodynia1
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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