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# pleurisy

Pleurisy  is **a condition in which the pleura — two large, thin layers of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall — becomes inflamed**. Also called pleuritis, pleurisy causes sharp chest pain (pleuritic pain) that worsens during breathing.

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