pleura
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
pleura (plural pleurae)
- (anatomy) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
- Plural form of pleuron.
[edit] Meronyms
[edit] Derived terms
- pleural
- pleuretic
- pleurisy
- cervical pleura
- costal pleura
- diaphragmatic pleura
- mediastinal pleura
- parietal pleura
- visceral pleura
[edit] Translations
- Czech: pohrudnice (cs) f.
- Greek: υπεζωκώς (el) m.
- Russian: плевра (ru) (pl'évra) f.
- Serbian: porebrica (sr) f., pogrudnica (sr) f.
- Spanish: pleura (es)
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
pleura
- third-person singular past historic of pleurer
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
pleura f. (plural pleure)
[edit] Related terms
- pleura costale
- pleura diaframmatica
- pleurale
- pleura mediastinica
- pleura parietale
- pleura viscerale
- pleurico
- pleurite
