0%

pleurodynia

pleu·ro·dyn·i·a
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ploo r-uh-din-ee-uh]
    • /ˌplʊər əˈdɪn i ə/
    • /plˌɜːrədˈɪniə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ploo r-uh-din-ee-uh]
    • /ˌplʊər əˈdɪn i ə/

Definitions of pleurodynia word

  • noun pleurodynia pain in the chest or side. 1
  • noun pleurodynia Also called epidemic pleurodynia, devil's grip. an epidemic disease caused by a coxsackievirus, characterized by sudden chest pain, mild fever, and recurrence on the third day of these symptoms. 1
  • noun pleurodynia pain in the muscles between the ribs 0

Information block about the term

Origin of pleurodynia

First appearance:

before 1795
One of the 43% newest English words
From New Latin, dating back to 1795-1805; See origin at pleur-, -odynia

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pleurodynia

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pleurodynia popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

pleurodynia usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Top questions with pleurodynia

  • what is pleurodynia?

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?