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PLEURISY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pleurisy" is a kind of...):
inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pleurisy"):
purulent pleurisy (a collection of pus in the lung cavity)
pleuropneumonia (pleurisy and pneumonia)