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Other Names for Pleurisy and Other Pleural Disorders
- Pleurisy also is called pleuritis and pleuritic chest pain.
- Pleural effusion also is called fluid in the chest and pleural fluid.
- Pneumothorax also is called air around the lung and air outside the lung.
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