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pleurisy

[ ploor-uh-see ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.


pleurisy

/ plʊˈrɪtɪk; ˈplʊərɪsɪ /

noun

  1. inflammation of the pleura, characterized by pain that is aggravated by deep breathing or coughing
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pleurisy

/ plrĭ-sē /

  1. An inflammation of the pleura, usually occurring because of complications of a respiratory disease or condition such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, pleural injury, or asbestos exposure. Pleurisy is usually accompanied by the accumulation of fluid between the pleurae, chills, fever, and painful breathing and coughing.


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Derived Forms

  • pleuritic, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From

  • pleu·rit·ic [pl, oo, -, rit, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurisy1

1350–1400; Middle English pluresy < Old French pleurisie < Late Latin pleurīsis, alteration of Latin pleurītis < Greek pleurîtis. See pleura, -itis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurisy1

C14: from Old French pleurisie, from Late Latin pleurisis, from Greek pleuritis, from pleura side
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Example Sentences

Tuberculous pleurisy due to direct extension from the lung may give excess of polymorphonuclears owing to mixed infection.

By stopping and stewing in a perfectly airless state-room 292 I seem to have got rid of the pleurisy.

Hippocrates and Galen had advised to bleed largely from the arm on the affected side in pleurisy and pneumonia.

A pleurisy set in on the following day, and soon death was rapidly nearing.

The young man died in the most commonplace way of a pleurisy caught as he came out of the theatre.

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