a. and sb. Med. [f. ANTI- 3 + πλευρῑτικ-ός suffering from πλευρῖτις pleurisy, f. πλευρά ribs.] A. adj. Of use against pleurisy. B. sb. [sc. medicine, application.]
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 88. A good Sudorifick, and Antipleuritick.
1736. Bailey, Housh. Dict., Burdock … is accounted a Diaphoretick and an Antipleuretick.
