- pleuropericarditis
- Combined inflammation of the pericardium and of the pleura. [pleuro- + pericardium + G. -itis, inflammation]
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pleu·ro·peri·car·di·tis .plu̇r-ō-.per-ə-.kär-'dīt-əs n, pl -dit·i·des -'dit-ə-.dēz inflammation of the pleura and the pericardium* * *
pleu·ro·peri·car·di·tis (ploor″o-per″ĭ-kahr-diґtis) [pleuro- + pericarditis] inflammation involving both the pleura and the pericardium.
Medical dictionary. 2011.