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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: pleuresie, from Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura 'side'

pleurisy

 noun
     
pleu‧ri‧sy [uncountable]
MI a serious illness which affects your lungs, causing severe pain in your chest
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