English Explanatory Dictionary

carotidynia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A syndrome characterized by unilateral tenderness of the carotid artery, near the bifurcation.

Word forms

carotidynia

Etymology

From carotid + -dynia via erroneous rebracketing of -odynia; in other words, whereas the suffix -dynia is morphologically appropriate in words such as aquadynia and dermatodynia, its use in the coining of the word carotidynia was a misapprehension that got propagated into widespread use and is now idiomatically established, notwithstanding the objection.

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