‖ pleuritis Path.
(plʊˈraɪtɪs)
[L. pleurītis (Vitr.) a. Gr. πλευρῖτις (Hipp.), f. πλευρά side, rib; see -itis.]
Inflammation of the pleura; more usually called pleurisy.
| 1693 Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pleuritis, a Pleurisie, an Inflammation of the Membrane Pleura, and the intercostal Muscles. 1745 W. Thompson Sickness ii, Pleuritis bending o'er its side in pain. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 505 Pleuritis. 1868 Darwin Anim. & Pl. I. iii. 97 The Leicester sheep were so rapidly destroyed by pleuritis. |