
Synonym for dry pleurisy ... Pleurisy with a fibrinous exudation, without an effusion of serum, resulting in adhesion between the opposing surfaces of the pleura. ... Synonym: adhesive pleurisy, fibrinous pleurisy, plastic pleurisy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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pleurisy in which exudate forms fibrinous adhesions between the visceral and parietal pleurae, which partially or totally obliterate the pleural space. Called also adhesive p. and fibrinous or fibrosing pleuritis.
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Type: Term Synonyms: dry pleurisy
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