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noun
An infectious viral disease characterised by fever and chest pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epidemic disease
History
Because early cases were recorded on the island of Bornholm.
