pleura
SEROUS MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE WALL OF THORACIC CAVITY AND THE SURFACE OF LUNG
Pleura; Pleurae; Visceral pleura; Parietal pleura; Mediastinal pleura; Cervical pleura; Diaphragmatic pleura; Costal pleura; Cupula of the pleura; Peripheral diaphragmatic pleura; Dome diaphragmatic pleura; Pulmonary pleura; Pleurae cervicales; Pleura diaphragmatica; Pleura parietalis; Pleura visceralis; Pleura pulmonalis; Pluera
pleura1 ['pl??r?]
¦ noun (plural pleurae -ri:)
1. each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs in humans and other mammals.
2. Zoology a lateral part in an animal body or structure.
Derivatives
pleural adjective
Origin
ME: via med. L. from Gk, lit. 'side of the body, rib'.
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