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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

/ ˌʊəəʊˈ岹ɪɪə /

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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pleurodynia1

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

Origin of pleurodynia1

C19: from New Latin, from pleuro- + Greek -odynia, from ǻŧ pain
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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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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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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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It is a valuable counter-irritant in peritonitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, lumbago, pleurodynia, etc.

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