pleurisy
Meaning
Noun
- Inflammation of lung pleura.
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Origin
- From Middle English pleuresi, pleresye, that borrowed from Old French pleuresie (French pleurésie), from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis.
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