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Where does “pleurisis” come from?

pleurisis (Late Latin) comes from Latin pleuritis, from Ancient Greek πλευρῖτῐς.

Ancestry of “pleurisis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpleuritis—
2Ancient Greekπλευρῖτῐς—

Words derived from “pleurisis”

  • pleurisy
  • pleresye
  • pleuresi
  • pleuresie
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