Pleū'ri-sy, n.

n. [Fr. plurésie, Pr. & Sp. pleuresia, It. pleurisia, Lat. pleurisis, pleuritis, Gr. πλευρῖτις, sc. νόσος, from πλευρά. See supra.] (Med.) An inflammation of the pleura, or membrane that covers the inside of the thorax, accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough.