About The Word Pleurisy
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Pleurisy
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What's The Definition Of Pleurisy?
[n] inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pleurisy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pleurisy: acute bronchitis | adenoiditis | aluminosis | amygdalitis | anthracosilicosis | anthracosis | asbestosis | Asiatic flu | 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 | Hong Kong flu | 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 See Also | inflammatory disease | pleuropneumonia | purulent pleurisy Pleurisy In Webster's Dictionary \Pleu"ri*sy\, n. [F. pleur['e]sie, L. pleurisis,
pleuritis, Gr pleyri^tis (sc. no`sos), fr. pleyra` rib,
side.] (Med.)
An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with
fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with
exudation into the pleural cavity.
{Pleurisy root}. (Bot.)
(a) The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed ({Asclepias
tuberosa}) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and
other diseases.
(b) The plant itself, which has deep orange-colored flowers;
-- called also {butterfly weed}.
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