PLEURODYNIA

(Lat.), n's f. Plu'rO2d'i2n(u8n)-e(a), -o(o3)-di2n(du'n)'ia-a3. From irAevpd, the side, and oSvni, pain. Fr., pleurodynie. Ger., Brustschmerz, Pleurodynie. Neuralgic pain localized at some spot in the chest-wall not in relation with the intercostal nerves. By some it is regarded as a myalgia caused by rheumatism of the thoracic muscles and fasciae; by others as a neuralgia of the nerves of the pleura. [B; D, 1.] [s. 288]