Pleurisy /(?)/
Pleu·ri·sy
Pleurisy
n.
- An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity. (Med.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Pleurisy root
- The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and other diseases