pleura

English

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Etymology

Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleura, “a rib, a side of something”).

Noun

pleura (plural pleurae)

1. (anatomy) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
2. Plural form of pleuron

Meronyms

• parietal pleura
• visceral pleura

Derived terms

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

Translations

Translations

• Czech: pohrudnice (cs) f
• Greek: υπεζωκώς (el) (ypezokós) m
• Russian: плевра (ru) (pl'évra) f

• Serbo-Croatian: porebrica (sh) f, pogrudnica (sh) f
• Spanish: pleura (es)

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French

Verb

pleura

1. third-person singular past historic of pleurer

Anagrams

• pâleur

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Italian

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Noun

pleura f (plural pleure)

1. (anatomy) pleura

Related terms

• pleura costale
• pleura diaframmatica
• pleurale
• pleura mediastinica
• pleura parietale
• pleura viscerale
• pleurico
• pleurite

Anagrams

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