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pleura
[ ploor-uh ]
noun
plural pleurae
- Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plural of pleuron.
pleura
/ ˈʊəə /
noun
- the thin transparent serous membrane enveloping the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity
- the plural of pleuron
pleura
- A membrane that encloses each lung and lines the chest cavity.
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Derived Forms
- ˈܰ, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pleura1
1655–65; < New Latin < Greek ܰá (singular) side, rib
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pleura1
C17: via Medieval Latin from Greek: side, rib
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To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.
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“But because his surgeon . said it had spread to the pleura of the lungs, they said it wasn’t a covered cancer.”
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It can detect blockage and constriction in arteries and veins, and can identify issues in the pleura, the fluid-filled membranes that line the thorax and lungs.
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In short, an abscess in the pericardium must be treated like an abscess in the pleura.
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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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