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Answer for the clue "Pleurisy and pneumonia ", 15 letters:
pleuropneumonia

Word definitions for pleuropneumonia in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pleuropneumonia \Pleu`ro*pneu*mo"ni*a\, n. [Pleuro- + pneumonia.] (Med.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. pleurisy and pneumonia

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung plague of cattle

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pleuropneumonia is inflammation of the lungs and pleura , pleurisy being the inflammation of the pleura alone.