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Bornholm disease

Bornholm disease noun: an infectious viral disease characterised by fever and chest pain.

Noun

Bornholm disease (uncountable)

  1. An infectious viral disease characterised by fever and chest pain.
    • In medical circles, the name of Bornholm is linked incongruously to a viral infection called epidemic pleurodynia, otherwise known as the ‘Devil's Grip’, the ‘Grasp of the Phantom’ or, more prosaically, Bornholm disease.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 88
    Synonyms:
    Bamble disease, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia, pleurodynia

Synonyms of Bornholm disease

  • Bamble disease
  • epidemic myalgia
  • epidemic pleurodynia
  • pleurodynia

Origin of Bornholm disease

Because early cases were recorded on the island of Bornholm.

Questions about Bornholm disease

What does Bornholm disease mean?
Bornholm disease means an infectious viral disease characterised by fever and chest pain.
What part of speech is Bornholm disease?
Bornholm disease is a noun.

Words near Bornholm disease in the dictionary

  1. bornesitol
  2. bornhardt
  3. bornhardtite
  4. bornhardts
  5. Bornholm
  6. Bornholm disease
  7. Bornholmsk
  8. Bornian
  9. bornin
  10. borning
  11. bornite

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