pleurisy

From Middle English pleuresi, pleresye, that borrowed from Old French pleuresie (French pleurésie), from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/, /ˈpljʊəɹɪsi/

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pleurisy (countable and uncountable, plural pleurisies)

1. (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.

   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 22:

     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 […]

   • 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.

• pleuritis

• pleurisy root
• dry pleurisy
• wet pleurisy
• pleuritic