Pleurisy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleurisy \Pleu"ri*sy\, n. [F. pleur['e]sie, 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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pleurisy
       n : inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the
           parietal layer)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleurisy":
     Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis,
     aluminosis, amygdalitis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis,
     asbestosis, asthma, atypical pneumonia, bituminosis, black lung,
     bronchial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis,
     bronchopneumonia, catarrh, chalicosis, chronic bronchitis, cold,
     collapsed lung, common cold, coniosis, coryza, croup,
     croupous pneumonia, double pneumonia, dry pleurisy, emphysema,
     empyema, epidemic pleurodynia, fibrinous pneumonia, flu, grippe,
     hay fever, influenza, la grippe, laryngitis, lipoid pneumonia,
     lobar pneumonia, lung cancer, lung fever, pharyngitis, pleuritis,
     pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonic fever,
     pneumothorax, quinsy, rheum, siderosis, silicosis, sore throat,
     swine flu, the sniffles, the snuffles, tonsilitis, virus pneumonia,
     wet pleurisy, whooping cough