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pleuritic chest pain

phrase

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Sharp chest pain that worsens on inspiration, coughing, or movement.

Her pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness raised concern for a pulmonary embolism.

Topic: Respiratory in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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