pleurisy

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pleu·ri·sy /ˈplʊərəsi $ ˈplʊr-/ noun [uncountable] MIa serious illness which affects your lungs, causing severe pain in your chest 胸膜炎

Examples from the Corpus

pleurisy• Camp conditions were very poor, Thompson said, adding that he developed pneumonia, followed by pleurisy.• The early stages could go on for days, with doctors telling patients they had the flu or pleurisy.• He started with pleurisy which turned into pneumonia and because he wasn't a strong man it carried him off.Origin pleurisy (1300-1400) Old French pleuresie, from Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura “side”

pleu·ri·sy nounChineseSyllable

severe lungs, pain which in Corpus a serious causing your affects illness

pleurisy
pleu‧ri‧sy /ˈplʊərəsi, ˈplʊərɪsi $ ˈplʊr-/

noun [uncountable]

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: pleuresie, from Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura 'side'

a serious illness which affects your lungs, causing severe pain in your chest

pleur·isy

BrE

/ˈplʊərəsi/

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NAmE

/ˈplʊrəsi/

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noun

[uncountable]

a serious illness that affects the inner covering of the chest and lungs, causing severe pain in the chest or sides 胸膜炎；肋膜炎