EPIDEMIC PLEURODYNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epidemic pleurodynia mean? 

• EPIDEMIC PLEURODYNIA (noun)
  The noun EPIDEMIC PLEURODYNIA has 1 sense:

1. an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)

  Familiarity information: EPIDEMIC PLEURODYNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIDEMIC PLEURODYNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Bornholm disease; diaphragmatic pleurisy; epidemic myalgia; epidemic pleurodynia; myosis

Hypernyms ("epidemic pleurodynia" is a kind of...):

epidemic disease (any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people)