pleura
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplʊə.ɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplʊɹ.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura.
Noun
[edit]pleura (plural pleurae)
- (anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
- (zootomy) A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax
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Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]pleura
References
[edit]- “pleura”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pleura”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]pleura
- third-person singular past historic of pleurer
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”).
Noun
[edit]pleura f (plural pleure)
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ (pleurā́, “a rib, a side of something”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- pleura: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpleu̯.ra/, [ˈplɛːu̯rä]
- pleurā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpleu̯.ra/, [ˈplɛːu̯rä]
Noun
[edit]pleura f (genitive pleurae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
Inflection
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pleura | pleurae |
genitive | pleurae | pleurārum |
dative | pleurae | pleurīs |
accusative | pleuram | pleurās |
ablative | pleurā | pleurīs |
vocative | pleura | pleurae |
Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]pleurā f
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pleu‧ra
Noun
[edit]pleura f (plural pleuras)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pleura f (plural pleuras)
Further reading
[edit]- “pleura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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