Pleurisy Definition

plo͝orĭ-sē
noun
Inflammation of the pleura, characterized by difficult, painful breathing and often accompanied by the exudation of liquid into the chest cavity.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pleurisy

Noun

Singular:
pleurisy
Plural:
pleurisies

Origin of Pleurisy

  • Middle English pluresy from Old French pleuresie from Late Latin pleurīsis alteration of Latin pleurītis from Greek pleura side -ītis -itis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pleurisy Sentence Examples

  • That evening he developed pleurisy and he died the day after his fiftieth birthday, 26 January, 1869.

  • I spent two months in a coma following an appendix operation and at the age of thirteen I contracted chronic pleurisy.

  • Early in 814 he was attacked by a fever which he sought to subdue by fasting; but pleurisy supervened, and after partaking of the communion, he died on the 28th of January 814, and on the same day his body was buried in the church of St Mary at Aix.

  • A few of the medicinal plants are ginseng, pleurisy root, snake root, blood root, blue flag and marshmallow.

  • Blue flag, snake root, ginseng, lobelia, tansy, wormwood, wintergreen, pleurisy root, plantain, burdock, sarsaparilla and horehound are among its medicinal plants.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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