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poitrinaires

poitrinaires is the plural of poitrinaire.

Meaning of poitrinaire

Noun

poitrinaire (plural poitrinaires)

  1. (literary) Someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.
    • His dry cough and eternal light fever spoke of tuberculosis; indeed his whole physiognomy was that of the old traditional poitrinaire, and he had once been placed in a sanatorium where they had collapsed a lung to let it mend.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 389

Questions about poitrinaires

What is poitrinaires the plural of?
Poitrinaires is the plural of poitrinaire.

Words near poitrinaires in the dictionary

  1. Poitra
  2. Poitras
  3. poitrel
  4. poitrels
  5. poitrinaire
  6. poitrinaires
  7. poitrinal
  8. poitrinals
  9. poitrine
  10. poitrines
  11. poiuyt

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