pleura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
A lateral part in an animal body or structure.

noun

/ˈplʊə.ɹə/ /ˈplʊɹ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-pleura.wav

pleura pleuras pleurae

From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura.

pleurisy

endopleura pleural pleurectomy pleuretic pleuritis pleurosis pulmonary pleura

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