Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epidemic_pleurodynia
1 sense of epidemic pleurodynia
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)