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n. A thin serous membrane in mammals that envelops each lung and folds back to make a lining for the chest cavity.

n. Plural of pleuron.

n. The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.

n. Plural form of pleuron.

n. pl. of pleuron.

n.

n. The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.

n. The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.

n. Same as Pleuron.

The principal serous membrane of the thorax; the shut sac, having a serous surface, which lines the walls of the chest, and is reflected over the surface of each lung.

In conchology, one of the lateral tracts on each side of the rachis of the lingual ribbon of the odontophore: generally used in the plural.

In comparative anatomy, the lateral portion of one of the rings composing the integument of an arthropod or articulate animal, lying between the tergum and sternum, and in insects and crustaceans consisting of two pieces, the epimeron and episternum.

All the parts of the pleura except the pulmonary portion.

n. Plural of pleuron.

n. the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest

"The pleura is the membrane that surrounds the lungs and lines the wall of the chest cavity."

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pleurae    pleuron   

pleural    diaphragmatic pleura    parietal pleura    costal pleura    pleurisy    cervical pleura    mediastinal pleura    visceral pleura    pleuretic   

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