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Pleurisy

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Noun

1. pleurisy

inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)

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Pleurisy

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noun
inflammation of the pleura, characterized by pain that is aggravated by deep breathing or coughing

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Pleurisy

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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 College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pleurisy

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n.
Inflammation of the pleura, usually occurring as a complication of a disease such as pneumonia, accompanied by accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity, chills, fever, and painful breathing and coughing.

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