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Webster 1913 Edition
Pleurisy
Pleu′ri-sy
,Noun.
[F.
pleurésie
, L. pleurisis
, pleuritis
, Gr πλευρῖτισ
(sc. νόσος
), fr. πλευρά
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Pleurisy
PLEU'RISY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pleurisy
pleurisy
English
Noun
pleurisy (plural pleurisies)
- (pathology) Inflammation of lung pleura.
- 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.
- 2005, David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson, Encyclopedia Of Family Health, 3rd Edition, page 1618,
- Pleurisy usually causes pain, which is made worse by deep breathing, since the two inflamed layers of the pleura rub against each other.
- 2009, Susan G. Salvo, Mosby′s Pathology for Massage Therapists, 2nd Edition, page 286,
- 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.
- 1829 September, Richard N. Allen, An Essay on Pneumonia Biliosa, Horatio Gates Jameson (editor), The Maryland Medical Recorder, Volume 1, Number 1, page 591,
Synonyms
Derived terms
- dry pleurisy
- wet pleurisy
- pleuritic
Translations
inflammation of lung pleura
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