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plastic pleurisy

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pleurisy /pleu·ri·sy/ (ploor´ĭ-se) inflammation of the pleura.pleurit´ic
adhesive pleurisy  fibrinous p.
dry pleurisy  fibrinous p.
pleurisy with effusion  that marked by serous exudation.
fibrinous pleurisy  a type with fibrinous adhesions between the visceral and parietal pleurae, obliterating part or all of the pleural space.
interlobular pleurisy  a form enclosed between the lobes of the lung.
plastic pleurisy  fibrinous p.
purulent pleurisy  empyema (2).
serous pleurisy  that marked by free exudation of fluid.
suppurative pleurisy  empyema (2).
wet pleurisy  p. with effusion.

plastic pleurisy
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