Inflammation of the pleurae, the membranes surrounding the lungs. Symptoms include pain in the chest, chest tenderness, cough, and shortness of breath. The chest pain is sharp and aggravated by breathing. A physician can often hear with a stethoscope the friction generated by the rubbing of the two inflamed layers of pleurae with each breath. The c [..]

A medical condition in which the pleura become inflamed

Inflammation of the membrame encasing the lungs.

late 14c., from Old French pleurisie (13c., Modern French pleurésie) and directly from Late Latin pleurisis "pleurisy," alteration of Latin pleuritis "pain in the side," from Greek [..]

A condition caused by the inflammation of the pleura (the linings between the lungs and the ribcage). Symptoms include fever, chest pain and discomfort.

pleurisy (pop)

Pleurisy is the symptom of pain inside the chest aggrevated with breathing that a patient has when the outer lining of the lung is inflamed (pleuritis).

(n) inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)

Pleurisy, also called pleuritis, is inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest (the pleura) that leads to chest pain (usually sharp) when you take a breath or cough. Pleurisy may develop when y [..]

Inflammation of the pleura that is characterized by sudden onset, painful and difficult respiration and exudation of fluid or fibrinous material into the pleural cavity.

Inflammation of the pleura - the membranes which surround the lungs and line the cavity of the chest. (19thC)

Inflammation of the pleura, the membranous sac lining the chest cavity, with or without fluid collected in the pleural cavity. Symptoms are chills, fever, dry cough, and pain in the affected side (a s [..]

inflammation of the lungs producing a hacking cough and sharp chest pain.

Inflammation of Pleura, the lining of the Lung. When PARIETAL Pleura is involved, there is pleuritic Chest Pain.

Tuberculosis of the Serous Membrane lining the Thoracic Cavity and surrounding the Lungs.

INFLAMMATION of PLEURA, the lining of the LUNG. When PARIETAL PLEURA is involved, there is pleuritic CHEST PAIN.

Inflammation of the lining around the lungs (the pleura), causing pain, cough, chest tenderness, and shortness of breath.

Inflammation of the pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs and lining the walls of the rib cavity).

Inflammation of the pleura, the membrane that surrounds and safeguards the lungs. This inflammation usually occurs when an infection or toxin irritates the surface of the pleura. This causes sharp chest pains, the primary symptom of pleurisy.