Category:Pleurisy

Pleu"ri*sy, n. Etym: [f. pleurésie, l. pleurisis, pleuritis, gr Pleyri	is (sc. no`sos), fr. pleyra` rib, side.] (med.)

Defn: an inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, Pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the Pleural cavity. Pleurisy root. (bot.) (a) the large tuberous root of A kind of milkweed (asclepias tuberosa) which is used as a remedy for Pleuritic and other diseases. (b) the plant itself, which has deep Orange-colored flowers; -- called also butterfly weed.