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class="foreign notranslate">pleura</span> &quot;side of the body, rib,&quot; a word of unknown origin. Spelling altered in Late Latin on model of Latin stem <span class="foreign notranslate">plur-</span> &quot;more&quot; (as in Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pluritas</span> &quot;multitude&quot;), as if in reference to &quot;excess of humors.&quot; Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Pleuritic</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&amp;q=from:late%2014c.">late 14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of pleurisy">Trends of <i>pleurisy</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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