Definition of "pleuritis" []

• Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura). (noun)

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• "Illustration from Gray's Anatomy courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is the inflammation of the disease from H1N1, evidence suggests."
• "In the end, they think that I got a viral infection that gave me "pleuritis.""
• "Shortness of breath or chest pains indicating inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis) or the heart (pericarditis)"