Definition of Pleuresy
Pleu"ri*sy (?), n. [F.
pleurésie, L. pleurisis, pleuritis, Gr
pleyri^tis (sc. no`sos), fr. pleyra`
rib, side.] (Med.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually
accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and
with exudation into the pleural cavity.
Pleurisy root. (Bot.) (a)
The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias
tuberosa) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and other
diseases. (b) The plant itself, which has
deep orange-colored flowers; -- called also butterfly
weed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (pathology) Inflammation of lung pleura.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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