pleurisy
the inflammation of the pleura (the thin membranes surrounding the lungs) causing sharp chest pain that worsens with breathing
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Summary
pleurisy is a class of disease[1]. pleurisy ranks in the top 2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,742 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: pleural disease[3], disease[4]
- Commons category: Pleurisy[5]
- ICPC 2 ID: R82[6]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10]
- Has effect: pleural friction rub[11]
- ICD-9-CM: 511.8[12]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26860[13]
- Health specialty: pulmonology[14]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10247[15], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10247[16], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002102[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[18]
Why It Matters
pleurisy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] pleurisy is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]