Bornholm disease

/ˌbɔrnˈhoʊm dəˌziz/
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Definitions of Bornholm disease
  1. noun
    an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
    synonyms: diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia, myosis
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    type of:
    epidemic disease
    any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
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