See Also: epidemic myositis(medicine)
boiled(dictionary)
boiled sweet(dictionary)
hard-boiled(dictionary)
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Boiled mutton with caper sauce(recipes)
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boiled sweet (oh) and epidemic myositis (medicine)


boiled sweet (oh)



n [C]
BrE a hard sweet that often tastes of fruit
American Equivalent: hard candy

epidemic myositis (medicine)


epidemic myositis -->
epidemic pleurodynia


An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B.

Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease.