Celiomyodynia

/ˌseːliəʊmaɪəˈdɪniə/ noun

Definition

Pain in the abdominal muscles, similar to celiomyalgia.

Etymology

From Greek koilia (belly) + mys (muscle) + odyne (pain, suffering). This is a variant formation using the suffix -dynia instead of -algia, both meaning pain.

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English medical language has multiple words for the same thing because doctors borrowed from different Greek and Latin sources over centuries!

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