Tom died of pleurisy.
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Pleurisy
/ˈplʊəɹɪsi/
Synonyms for "pleurisy" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
acute bronchitisadenoiditisaluminosisamygdalitisanthracosilicosisanthracosisasbestosisasiatic fluasthmaatypical pneumoniabituminosisblack lungbronchial pneumonia
Strong matches (20)
bronchiectasisbronchiolitisbronchitisbronchopneumoniacatarrhchalicosischronic bronchitiscoldcollapsed lungcommon coldconiosiscoryzacroupcroupous pneumoniadouble pneumoniadry pleurisyemphysemaempyemaepidemic pleurodyniafibrinous pneumonia
Related words (32)
flugrippehay feverhong kong fluinfluenzala grippelaryngitislipoid pneumonialobar pneumonialung cancerlung feverpharyngitispleuritispneumococcal pneumoniapneumoconiosispneumoniapneumonic feverpneumothoraxquinsyrheum
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siderosissilicosissnifflessore throatswine fluthe snifflesthe snufflestonsilitisvirus pneumoniawet pleurisywhooping cough
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesdry pleurisyexudative pleurisyfibrinous pleurisy
Collocations
6 entriesacute pleurisydry pleurisypleural effusionpleural friction rubpleuritic chest painwet pleurisy
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7 total sentences available.
She has pleurisy.
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Kent was their family doctor; he was not able to come before the evening, and found that the boy had pleurisy in the right side.
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1829 September, Richard N. Allen, An Essay on Pneumonia Biliosa, Horatio Gates Jameson (editor), The Maryland Medical Recorder, Volume 1, Number 1, page 591, The division of pleurisies now sanctioned by the general language of medical men, is that which arranges them as inflammatory,* bilious and typhoid.
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