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noun
inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
pleurisy and pneumonia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pneumonia, pleurisy
History
From pleuro- + pneumonia.
