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PLEURALGIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does pleuralgia mean?

• PLEURALGIA (noun)
The noun PLEURALGIA has 1 sense:

1. pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs

Familiarity information: PLEURALGIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLEURALGIA (noun)

Sense 1

pleuralgia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

costalgia; pleuralgia; pleurodynia

Hypernyms ("pleuralgia" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

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