Etymology

pleuritis

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Today it means: Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura). Full definition →

Latin pleuritis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frompleuritis
  2. English todaypleuritis

From pleur + itis or borrowed from Latin pleuritis.

Words from the same roots

Latinpleuritis all →

pleurisy

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