bornholm disease

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bornholm disease - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Bornholm disease
      n 1: an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and
           featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) [syn:
           epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis,
           diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease]