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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pleu·ri·sy /ˈplʊrəsi/
 肋膜炎,胸膜炎

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pleu·ri·sy /ˈplʊrəsɪ/ 名詞
 胸膜炎

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pleu·ri·sy n.  Med. 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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