epidemic myalgia
- noun
- /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk maɪˈældʒə/
- Specialized
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mialgia epidémica
- In 2008, an unprecedented outbreak of epidemic myalgia struck several communities, causing many individuals to experience severe chest pain.
- epidemic myalgia among adults
- outbreak of epidemic myalgia
- patients with epidemic myalgia
Examples
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An unusual outbreak of epidemic myalgia among adults occurred during June-August 2008 in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan, and epidemiologic investigation found that it was associated with HPeV3 infection.
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In conclusion, we document the detection of HPeV3 infection among adult patients with epidemic myalgia in Yamagata, Japan, during 2008.
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All patients received a clinical diagnosis of epidemic myalgia; clinical laboratory findings suggested an acute inflammatory process.
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We postulate that an outbreak of HPeV3 among children was a necessary background condition for the outbreak of epidemic myalgia among adults in 2008.
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Table 2. Primers used to detect and sequence analysis for human parechovirus 3 among patients with epidemic myalgia, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan, June-August 2008.
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However, we succeeded in whole-sequence analysis using a stool specimen from case-patient 11, which suggests the failure to isolate HPeV3 was not a result of low viral load in the specimens from the patients with epidemic myalgia.
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Research indicated a strong correlation between viral infections and the sudden onset of epidemic myalgia symptoms in affected populations.
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The doctor explained that epidemic myalgia is often linked to viral outbreaks, leading to sharp pain and discomfort in the chest area.
Synonyms
A sudden infection that causes sharp chest pain during outbreaks
A viral infection that causes sudden severe chest or belly pain, fever and sore muscles
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'epidemic' (affecting many people) combined with 'myalgia' (muscle pain) yields the meaning 'an outbreak of muscle pain.' Although 'myalgia' is a medical term, the semantic combination is transparent and cross-linguistically predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Epidemic myalgia puts together epidemic, which means 'many people' quickly affected, and myalgia, which means 'muscle pain'. It was used for outbreaks when groups of people had sudden chest or muscle pain, so today it means a fast-spreading illness that causes sudden attacks of chest or muscle pain.
