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Bornholm disease
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English
Etymology
Because early cases were recorded on the island of Bornholm.
Noun
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en medicine An infectious viral disease characterised by fever and chest pain.
en 2011 w:Norman Davies Vanished Kingdoms 88 Penguin 2012 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.
Synonyms
en Bamble disease
en epidemic myalgia
en epidemic pleurodynia
en pleurodynia
en Diseases Viral diseases