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What is a pleurisy?

What is a pleurisy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) Inflammation of lung pleura.
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This is an operation performed in the case of suppurative pleurisy to remove the pus from the pleural cavity.
It is said to be useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, ophthalmia, pleurisy, etc.
The heart problem began three years ago, she said, when he had a heart attack, but he was also sensitive to humidity as he suffered from pleurisy in his youth.
Epidemic pleurodynia also is called Bornholm disease, Sylvest's disease, devil's grip and epidemic benign dry pleurisy.
He complained of lightheadedness, dull abdominal pain, and precordial discomfort without radiation or pleurisy.
I had an attack of pleurisy after this, and was twenty-three days between life and death.

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