Gastropleuritis

/ˌɡæstɹoʊpluːˈraɪtɪs/ noun

Definition

Inflammation of both the stomach and the pleura, which is the membrane surrounding the lungs.

Etymology

From gastro- (stomach) + pleuro- (pleura/lungs) + -itis (inflammation). This compound medical term describes simultaneous inflammatory conditions affecting two body systems.

Kelly Says

This condition would be really unusual today—it shows how older doctors would name diseases by listing all the inflamed parts, which sometimes made diagnoses sound worse than they were!

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