Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bornholm_disease

1 sense of bornholm disease

Sense 1
epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease -- (an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest))
       => epidemic disease -- (any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people)