pleur-

1. variant of pleuro- before a vowel:

   pleurite.

Example Sentences

Beneath the pleur� may be seen ecchymoses, hard, fibrous nodules, and yellow elevations, which on being incised furnish grumous pus.

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Both the lung-tissue and pleur� are commonly inflamed in this disease.

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And thus, following the lymphatic system, if we only admit that bacteria are the active agents of sepsis, the frequency, in severe types of puerperal fever, of inflammation of the serous membranes of the peritoneum, the pleur�, the pericardium, the meninges, and the joints finds an easy explanation.

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La P�rouse, vous l'eussiez pleur� comme nous! il �tait si attach� � son pays, � son m�tier, et si passionn� pour leur gloire.

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It is characterized, when the disease results from exposure in the usual manner, by an inflammation of the lungs and pleur�, which is generally extensive, and which has a tendency to invade portions of these organs not primarily affected and to cause death of the diseased portion of the lung.

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