osteocopen.
/ˈɒstɪəkəʊp/, U.S. /ˈɑstioʊˌkoʊp/ Medicine. Now rare.
Pain in a bone, esp. that caused by syphilis.
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osteocope1773
ostalgia1813
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1773 A. Vieyra Dict. Portuguese & Eng. Langs. II Osteocope, s. (termo de medicos) osteocopa.
1837 M. Ryan Philos. Marriage iii. xxi. 351 Osteocope, or intense pain in the bones, is also induced by venereal disease.
1843 J. B. Savier tr. J. B. Gariot Treat. Dis. Mouth 67 It is sometimes seen that the curative means dispel the signs of the disease [sc. syphilis] from the genital organs, and the other symptoms of the affection, as the osteocope pains, &c., but the pain in the mouth will remain unshaken.
1868 St. Louis Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 5 34 This pain is much more intense than the ordinary osteocope occurring in this class of cases at every change in the specific gravity of the atmosphere.
1903 Internat. Q. 3 237 This is explained by the fact that criminality developed at a late age through meningitis, osteocope, or syphilis.
1990 Andrews' Dis. Skin (ed. 8) xviii. 422/1 Osteocope—bone pain, most often at night—is a suggestive symptom [of osseous syphilis].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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