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epidemic myalgia

DEFINITIONS OF: epidemic myalgia

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n an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)

Synonyms:
Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic pleurodynia, myosis
Type of:
epidemic disease
any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
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