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carotidynia

carotidynia noun: a syndrome characterized by unilateral tenderness of the carotid artery, near the bifurcation.

Noun

carotidynia (uncountable)

  1. A syndrome characterized by unilateral tenderness of the carotid artery, near the bifurcation.

Origin of carotidynia

From carotid + -dynia via erroneous rebracketing of -odynia; in other words, whereas the suffix -dynia is morphologically appropriate in words such as aquadynia and dermatodynia, its use in the coining of the word carotidynia was a misapprehension that got propagated into widespread use and is now idiomatically established, notwithstanding the objection.

Questions about carotidynia

What does carotidynia mean?
Carotidynia means a syndrome characterized by unilateral tenderness of the carotid artery, near the bifurcation.
What part of speech is carotidynia?
Carotidynia is a noun.

Words near carotidynia in the dictionary

  1. carotid triangles
  2. carotidal
  3. carotidean
  4. carotidial
  5. carotids
  6. carotidynia
  7. carotin
  8. carotinaemia
  9. carotinoid
  10. carotinoids
  11. carotins

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