PURULENT PLEURISY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of pus in the lung cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("purulent pleurisy" is a kind of...):

empyema (a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity))

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

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