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Webster 1913 Edition


Pleurisy

Pleu′ri-sy

,
Noun.
[F.
pleurésie
, L.
pleurisis
,
pleuritis
, Gr
πλευρῖτισ
(sc.
νόσος
), fr.
πλευρά
rib, side.]
(Med.)
An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.
Pleurisy root
.
(Bot.)
(a)
The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (
Asclepias tuberosa
) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and other diseases
.
(b)
The plant itself, which has deep orange-colored flowers; – called also
butterfly weed
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pleurisy

PLEU'RISY

,
Noun.
[Gr. the side.] An inflammation of the pleura or membrane that covers the inside of the thorax. It is accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration and cough. The usual remedies are venesection, other evacuations, diluents, &c.

Definition 2024


pleurisy

pleurisy

English

Noun

pleurisy (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.
    • 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.

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