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pleurosis

pleurosis noun: pleurisy; pleuritis.

Noun

pleurosis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) pleurisy; pleuritis

Origin of pleurosis

From pleura + -osis.

Questions about pleurosis

What does pleurosis mean?
Pleurosis means pleurisy; pleuritis.
What part of speech is pleurosis?
Pleurosis is a noun.

Words near pleurosis in the dictionary

  1. pleurosaurs
  2. pleuroscope
  3. pleuroscopes
  4. pleuroscopic
  5. pleuroscopy
  6. pleurosis
  7. pleurosphenoid
  8. pleurosphenoids
  9. pleurostea
  10. pleurosteal
  11. pleurosteon

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