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Pleura [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In anatomy, a thin membrane which covers the inside of the thorax.

Pleura [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pleura [Noun feminine] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

3. Same as Pleuron.

Pleura [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pleurae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pleural [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax.

Pleuralgia [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pain in the side or region of the ribs.

Pleurapophyses [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pleurapophysis [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.

Pleuras [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913