单词 | pleurisy |
释义 | Related topics: Illness & disabilitypleu·ri·sy /ˈplʊərəsi $ ˈplʊr-/ noun [uncountable] MIa serious illness which affects your lungs, causing severe pain in your chest 胸膜炎Examples from the Corpuspleurisy• Camp conditions were very poor, Thompson said, adding that he developed pneumonia, followed by pleurisy.• The early stages could go on for days, with doctors telling patients they had the flu or pleurisy.• He started with pleurisy which turned into pneumonia and because he wasn't a strong man it carried him off.Origin pleurisy (1300-1400) Old French pleuresie, from Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura “side”pleu·ri·sy nounChineseSyllable severe lungs, pain which in Corpus a serious causing your affects illness |
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