| 单词 | epidemic pleurodynia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepidemic pleurodynia Originally: pain in the side of the chest; pleuritic pain. In later use: spec. (more fully epidemic pleurodynia) an infectious disease characterized by fever and sharp, spasmodic pain in the chest (probably originating in the intercostal muscles), caused by enterovirus (esp. Coxsackie virus) infection; also called Bornholm disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in side pleurodyne1772 pleurodynia1802 parapleuritis1803 pleuralgia1817 devil's grip1888 1802 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (rev. ed.) Pleurodynia. 1827 Lancet 31 Mar. 848/2 The subject of them had been in the medical wards for a chest affection, (pleurodynia), for which he was bled. 1852 T. Thompson Ann. Influenza 378 Tightness of chest and pleurodiny are the result. 1878 A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 428 Pleurodynia is often mistaken for pleurisy. 1924 D. Greene in Arch. Pediatrics 41 328 An epidemic disease which, because of its symptomatology, may best be called epidemic pleurodynia has been described. 1954 Afr. Affairs 53 134 In Africa today such diseases as pneumonia, pleurisy, and pleurodynia are often confused. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 932/1 In the mid-1800's descriptions of epidemic myalgia or pleurodynia (Bornholm disease) came from Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, particularly an epidemic on the island of Bornholm. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 29 Dec. 58/2 ‘Devil's grip’ refers to a viral infection of chest muscles, epidemic pleurodynia. < as lemmas |
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