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pleurisie

pleurisie is the archaic form of pleurisy.

Meaning of pleurisy

Noun

pleurisy (countable and uncountable, plural pleurisies)

  1. Inflammation of lung pleura.
    • The division of pleurisies now sanctioned by the general language of medical men, is that which arranges them as inflammatory,* bilious and typhoid.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:
    pleuritis

Forms of pleurisie

pluralpleurisies

Questions about pleurisie

What is pleurisie the archaic form of?
Pleurisie is the archaic form of pleurisy.

Words near pleurisie in the dictionary

  1. pleurembolic
  2. pleurenchyma
  3. pleuretic
  4. pleuric
  5. pleuripotent
  6. pleurisie
  7. pleurisies
  8. pleurisy
  9. pleurisy root
  10. pleurite
  11. pleurites

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