Meaning of PLEURISY
| Pronunciation: | | 'plûrisee
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| | Definition: | | [n] inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer) |
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| | See Also: | | inflammatory disease, pleuropneumonia, purulent pleurisy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | Pleurisy is the symptom of pain inside the chest aggrevated with breathing that a patient has when the outer lining of the lung is inflamed (pleuritis). |
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| | Definition: | | An inflammation of the pleura (the thin membrane covering of the outer surface of the lungs and inner surface of the chest wall and diaphragm) which usually occurs as a part of another illness or trauma. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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