ˈplu̇rəsē, ˈplür-, -si noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English pleresie, pluresie, from Middle French pleuresie, from Medieval Latin pleuresis, alteration of Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura side, rib + -itis; probably akin to Greek platys flat, broad — more at place
1. : inflammation of the pleura with or without effusion of an exudate into the pleural cavity — see dry pleurisy , wet pleurisy
2.
[influenced in meaning by Latin plur-, plus more — more at plus ]
obsolete : excess , abundance
for goodness, growing to a pleurisy , dies in his own too much — Shakespeare