PLEURISY

[pleu.ri.sy] n [ME pluresie, fr. MF pleuresie, fr. LL pleurisis, alter. of L pleuritis, fr. Gk, fr. pleura side] (14c): inflammation of the pleura usu. with fever, painful and difficult respiration, cough, and exudation of fluid or fibrinous material into the pleural cavity -- pleu.rit.ic adj