n.
- Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; pneumonia aggravated by pleurisy.
- An infectious febrile disease of cattle, caused by a mycoplasma and characterized by inflammation of the pleura and lungs.
pleuropneumonia
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pleu·ro·pneu·mo·nia (plʊr'ō-nʊ-mōn'yə, -nyʊ-) 
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Pneumonia accompanied by pleurisy.
- contagious bovine p. — see contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.
- contagious caprine p. — see contagious caprine/ovine pleuropneumonia.
- porcine p. — a highly contagious disease of pigs caused by Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae (parahaemolyticus) and characterized by severe dyspnea, and a short course and high mortality rates.
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Meaning #1:
pleurisy and pneumonia
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