Examples of pleurisy in a Sentence
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Since the collapsed lung, Ware has been to the emergency room several more times and been diagnosed with pleurisy, a condition in which the linings of the lungs become inflamed.
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2019
Franklin died in 1790 of pleurisy, a painful inflammation of the tissue lining the lungs and chest.
—Philly.com, 8 Oct. 2017
Together, Amanda and her son, Tom (Joe Mantello), look after her daughter, Laura, a painfully shy young woman made ill by pleurisy as a teen-ager.
—The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
Together, Amanda and Tom look after Tom’s sister, Laura (Madison Ferris), a painfully shy young woman whose bout of pleurisy as a teen-ager has left her with a limp.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2017
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2019
Franklin died in 1790 of pleurisy, a painful inflammation of the tissue lining the lungs and chest.
—Philly.com, 8 Oct. 2017
Together, Amanda and her son, Tom (Joe Mantello), look after her daughter, Laura, a painfully shy young woman made ill by pleurisy as a teen-ager.
—The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
Together, Amanda and Tom look after Tom’s sister, Laura (Madison Ferris), a painfully shy young woman whose bout of pleurisy as a teen-ager has left her with a limp.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2017
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“Pleurisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pleurisy. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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pleurisy
noun
pleu·ri·sy
ˈplu̇r-ə-sē 
: inflammation of the pleura usually with fever, painful breathing, and coughing
Medical Definition
pleurisy
noun
pleu·ri·sy
ˈplu̇r-ə-sē
plural pleurisies
: inflammation of the pleura that is typically characterized by sudden onset, painful and difficult respiration, and exudation of fluid or fibrinous material into the pleural cavity
called also pleuritis
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