— pleuritic /ploo rit"ik/ , adj.
/ploor"euh see/ , n. Pathol.
inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
[ 1350-1400; ME pluresy pleurisie pleurisis, alter. of L pleuritis pleurîtis. See PLEURA, -ITIS ]