Associations to the word «Pleurodynia»

Wiktionary

PLEURODYNIA, noun. (medicine) A painful condition of the side of the body, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.

Dictionary definition

PLEURODYNIA, noun. Pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats