Noun: epidemic pleurodynia ,e-pi'de-mik ,plû-ru'dI-nee-u
- An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
"The patient was diagnosed with epidemic pleurodynia after reporting severe chest pain";
- epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease
Type of: epidemic disease
Encyclopedia: Epidemic pleurodynia