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pleurisy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpljʊəɹɪsi/
• /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/
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Etymology

From Middle English pleuresi, pleresye, that borrowed from Old French pleuresie (French pleurésie), from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis. By surface analysis, pleur- + -isy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Inflammation of lung pleura.
   • And the dope often gave him a painful case of pleurisy if he smoked it for more than two straight days of heavy continuous smoking[…] 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 22:
   • 1829 September, Richard N. Allen, An Essay on Pneumonia Biliosa, Horatio Gates Jameson (editor), The Maryland Medical Recorder, Volume 1, Number 1, page 591, The division of pleurisies now sanctioned by the general language of medical men, is that which arranges them as inflammatory,* bilious and typhoid.
   • Pleurisy usually occurs as a secondary disease to other infections (e.g., pneumonia, tuberculosis), conditions (e.g., pulmonary embolism, tumors), or as a result of injury. 2009, Susan G. Salvo, Mosby′s Pathology for Massage Therapists, 2nd edition, page 286:
   • Pleurisy usually causes pain, which is made worse by deep breathing, since the two inflamed layers of the pleura rub against each other. 2005, David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson, Encyclopedia Of Family Health, 3rd edition, page 1618:

Forms

Deriveds

pleuritic · dry pleurisy · wet pleurisy · pleurisy root

Synonyms

pleuritis

Translations (27)

sv pleurit (inflammation of lung pleura) · pt pleurisia (inflammation of lung pleura) · sv lungsäcksinflammation (inflammation of lung pleura) · wa plurizeye (inflammation of lung pleura) · vo plöraflamat (inflammation of lung pleura) · nrf plieurêsie (inflammation of lung pleura) · de Brustfellentzündung (inflammation of lung pleura) · ru плеври́т (inflammation of lung pleura) · fr pleurésie (inflammation of lung pleura) · no pleuritt (inflammation of lung pleura) · kk плеврит (inflammation of lung pleura) · ja 胸膜炎 (inflammation of lung pleura) · cmn 胸膜炎 (inflammation of lung pleura) · fi keuhkopussintulehdus (inflammation of lung pleura) · mi kiriuhi pūkahu kakā (inflammation of lung pleura) · cs zánět pohrudnice (inflammation of lung pleura) · mn уушгины гялтангийн үрэвсэл (inflammation of lung pleura) · it pleurite (inflammation of lung pleura) · tr zatülcenp (inflammation of lung pleura) · ca pleuritis (inflammation of lung pleura) · mi mate kiriuhi pūkahu kakā (inflammation of lung pleura) · el πλευρίτιδα (inflammation of lung pleura) · nl pleuris (inflammation of lung pleura) · es pleuresía (inflammation of lung pleura) · mn цээжийн хальсан үрэвсэл (inflammation of lung pleura) · pt pleurite (inflammation of lung pleura) · bg плеврит (inflammation of lung pleura)