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Pleurisy in a sentence

Pleurisy meaning

Inflammation of lung pleura.

Synonyms of Pleurisy

inflammatory disease

Using Pleurisy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Inflammation of lung pleura.
  • Useful related words include: inflammatory disease.

Context around Pleurisy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Pleurisy

  • In this selection, "pleurisy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cause and contracted stand out and add context to how "pleurisy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include coverings cause pleurisy an inflammation and george contracted pleurisy and died. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pleurisy" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pleurisy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

In addition the incidence of pleurisy was reduced by 70% and pericarditis by 40%. (14 words)

He sought to locate the precise site for venesection in pleurisy within the framework of the classical method. (18 words)

Six months after his wedding, George contracted pleurisy and died, aged 67, on 12 August 1848 at Tapton House in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. (22 words)

One Los Angeles newspaper later called Siringo a “Ulysses of the West,” but he stopped much of his traveling after Mamie became sick with pleurisy in both lungs and went home to her family for an operation that proved unsuccessful. (40 words)

A recent viral Facebook post suggests face coverings cause pleurisy, an inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest often caused by infection. (24 words)

Six months after his wedding, George contracted pleurisy and died, aged 67, on 12 August 1848 at Tapton House in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. (22 words)

Example sentences (5)

In addition the incidence of pleurisy was reduced by 70% and pericarditis by 40%.

A recent viral Facebook post suggests face coverings cause pleurisy, an inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest often caused by infection.

One Los Angeles newspaper later called Siringo a “Ulysses of the West,” but he stopped much of his traveling after Mamie became sick with pleurisy in both lungs and went home to her family for an operation that proved unsuccessful.

He sought to locate the precise site for venesection in pleurisy within the framework of the classical method.

Six months after his wedding, George contracted pleurisy and died, aged 67, on 12 August 1848 at Tapton House in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pleurisy" in a sentence?
An example: "In addition the incidence of pleurisy was reduced by 70% and pericarditis by 40%." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "pleurisy" from authentic English texts.
What does "pleurisy" mean?
Pleurisy means: Inflammation of lung pleura.
What are synonyms of "pleurisy"?
Common synonyms of "pleurisy" include: inflammatory disease.
How many example sentences with "pleurisy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "pleurisy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.