Costalgia

/kɒˈstældʒə/ noun

Definition

Pain in the ribs or rib area, a medical condition characterized by discomfort in the chest wall.

Etymology

Medical term from Latin costa (rib) combined with Greek -algia (pain), a standard formula for naming pain conditions used throughout medicine (like neuralgia or myalgia).

Kelly Says

Doctors love combining Greek and Latin—costalgia is just 'rib' (Latin) plus 'pain' (Greek), a medical recipe: take any body part in one language, add -algia in another, and boom, you have a diagnosis.

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