Associations to the word «Pleurisy»
Noun
- Stomach
- Pet
- Scan
- Vitamin
- Treat
- Spur
- Gale
- Cause
- Valve
- Tumor
- Ease
- Surgery
- Smoking
- Vein
- Physician
- Condition
- Stress
- Cemetery
- Recovery
- Depression
- Treatment
- Test
- Nerve
- Weakness
- Cold
- Medicine
- Neck
- Patient
- Anxiety
- Pine
- Hospital
- Muscle
- Drug
- Doctor
- Bed
- Replacement
- Space
- Age
- Month
- Ii
- Prayer
- Blood
- Heart
- Injury
- Difficulty
- Breath
- Week
- Absence
- Bone
- Medium
- Failure
- Encyclopedia
- Death
- Protein
- Cell
Wiktionary
PLEURISY, noun. (pathology) Inflammation of lung pleura.
PLEURISY ROOT, noun. The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), used as a remedy for pleuritic and other diseases.
PLEURISY ROOT, noun. The plant itself, which has deep orange-coloured flowers; butterfly weed.
Dictionary definition
PLEURISY, noun. Inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer).
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