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 pleu·ri·sy /ˈplʊrəsi/
 肋膜炎,胸膜炎

 pleu·ri·sy /ˈplʊrəsɪ/ 名詞
 胸膜炎

 Pleu·ri·sy n.  Med. An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.
 Pleurisy root. Bot. (a) The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and other diseases. (b) The plant itself, which has deep orange-colored flowers; -- called also butterfly weed.
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 pleurisy
      n : inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the
          parietal layer)