Bornholm disease
- noun
- Specialized
:
enfermedad de Bornholm
- Several children in the village were diagnosed with Bornholm disease after experiencing severe chest pain and fever.
Examples
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Many people contracted Bornholm disease during the outbreak last summer.
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The symptoms of Bornholm disease include severe chest pain.
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Doctors advised rest and pain relief for those suffering from Bornholm disease, as the symptoms were often intense but short-lived.
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The outbreak of Bornholm disease caused concern among local health officials due to its epidemic nature.
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Doctors advised rest and pain relief for those suffering from Bornholm disease, as the symptoms were often intense but short-lived.
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Several children in the village were diagnosed with Bornholm disease after experiencing severe chest pain and fever.
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The outbreak of Bornholm disease caused concern among local health officials due to its epidemic nature.
Synonyms
A disease that causes sudden chest pain and spreads in outbreaks
A sudden infection that causes sharp chest pain during outbreaks
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
9
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bornholm + disease
The constituent 'disease' clearly indicates an illness, so a learner would know this is some kind of medical condition; however 'Bornholm' is a proper name (a place) and does not convey information about cause, symptoms, or severity. Knowing both words therefore yields only the general idea of an illness associated with Bornholm but not the specific acute viral chest/abdominal pain characteristics, so the expression is partially but not fully predictable.
Etymology
Bornholm disease may come from Bornholm, an island in Denmark where many people once had a sudden sickness with fever and very bad chest or belly pain. Because doctors first saw the illness there, the name now means a sudden viral sickness that causes 'chest or belly pain' and fever.