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pleurisy
n. infection of the covering of the lungs, inflammation of the pleura

Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pleu·ri·sy /ˈplɚrəsi/ noun [noncount] medical : a serious and painful disease of the lungs

Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary

pleu·ri·sy
Pronunciation: 'plu̇r-ə-sē
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English pleuresi, from Anglo-French pleuresie, from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura side
Date: 14th century

: inflammation of the pleura that is typically characterized by sudden onset, painful and difficult respiration, and exudation of fluid or fibrinous material into the pleural cavity
–pleu·rit·ic \plu̇-'ri-tik\ adjective

Concise Oxford English Dictionary

pleurisy
■ noun inflammation of the pleurae, causing pain during breathing.

pleuritic adjective

ME: from OFr. pleurisie, from late L. pleurisis, alt. of earlier L. pleuritis, from Gk (see pleura1).

WordNet 2.0

pleurisy

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Noun
1. inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
(hypernym) inflammatory disease
(hyponym) purulent pleurisy

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

#Pleurisy
(n.)
An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.

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Pleurisy
Pain as a result of inflammation of the pleural membrane that envelops the lungs. Pleurisy is typically noted as pain in the involved area of the chest with breathing.

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pleurisy
Synonyms and related words:
Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, aluminosis, amygdalitis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, asbestosis, asthma, atypical pneumonia, bituminosis, black lung, bronchial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, catarrh, chalicosis, chronic bronchitis, cold, collapsed lung, common cold, coniosis, coryza, croup, croupous pneumonia, double pneumonia, dry pleurisy, emphysema, empyema, epidemic pleurodynia, fibrinous pneumonia, flu, grippe, hay fever, influenza, la grippe, laryngitis, lipoid pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, lung cancer, lung fever, pharyngitis, pleuritis, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonic fever, pneumothorax, quinsy, rheum, siderosis, silicosis, sore throat, swine flu, the sniffles, the snuffles, tonsilitis, virus pneumonia, wet pleurisy, whooping cough

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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