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pleurodynia

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pleu·ro·dyn·i·a  (plr-dn-)
n.
1. Paroxysmal pain and soreness of the muscles between the ribs.
2. An epidemic disease caused by a coxsackievirus, characterized by paroxysmal pain in the lower chest and accompanied by fever, headache, and malaise.
[New Latin : pleur(o)- + Greek odun, pain; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
pleurodynia [ˌplʊərəʊˈdaɪnɪə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) pain in the muscles between the ribs
[from New Latin, from pleuro- + Greek -odynia, from odynē pain]
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Noun1.pleurodynia - pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs
costalgia, pleuralgia
hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
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The Coxsackie viruses subsequently were found to cause a variety of infections, including epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm disease), and were subdivided into groups A and B based on their pathology in newborn mice.
Coxsackie Virus ? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment by James Sameul / Health, general community
To the Editor: Although most human enterovirus (EV) (genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae) infections are asymptomatic, they can cause upper respiratory illness, febrile rash, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and neonatal sepsislike disease (1).
Enterovirus 75 and aseptic meningitis, Spain, 2005 by Trallero, Gloria / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Viral pleuritis or pleurodynia may produce sharp chest pain similar in character to precordial catch syndrome, but it is usually associated with fever and cough, and is generally unrelenting.
Precordial catch syndrome. (Featured CME Topic: Precordial Catch ... by Gumbiner, Carl H. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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