Medical Term:

pleurodynia

Pronunciation: plūr′ō-din′ē-ă

Definition:

  1. Pleuritic pain in the chest.
  2. A painful affection of the tendinous attachments of the thoracic muscles, usually only on one side.

Synonym(s): costalgia

[pleuro- + G. odynē, pain]

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