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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In arthropods, of or pertaining to a pleurite; pleural, as a segment of a somite.
  • In entomology, specifically, lateral or pleural and abdominal; of or pertaining to a pleurite.
  • Pertaining to or suffering from pleurisy: as, pleuritic symptoms or affections; a pleuritic patient.
  • Causing or bringing pleurisy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to pleurisy.
  • adjective Suffering from pleurisy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy

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