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Pleuritis

Pleuritis \Pleu*ri"tis\, n. [L.] (Med.) Pleurisy.

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pleuritis

n. pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).

Usage examples of "pleuritis".

In coughing, sneezing, and the like, the pain produced is not unlike that in pleuritis and intercostal neuralgia.

Carpenter describes a case of fatal pleuritis, apparently due to the presence of four artificial teeth which had been swallowed thirteen years before.