pleurisy
noun
inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
pleuritic
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a word derived from
pleurisy.
Example Sentences
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Towards the End of the Campaigns, and throughout the Winter, many were seized with Inflammatory Fevers; but these were mostly complicated, with pleuritic, or peripneumonic Symptoms, or other topical Inflammations, or with rheumatic Complaints.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro
These cells occur also in fresh pleuritic exudations.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers
At last came in a little elderly gentleman, pale, thin, with a solemn countenance, pleuritic voice, hooked nose, and hollow eyes.
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Edwin Watts Chubb
Ever since this last pleuritic business I have been troubled with praecordial uneasiness.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
This is the well known pleuritic rub which the physician is accustomed to seek in such cases, and of which the creak of leather is an excellent representation.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone
