pleura

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “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.

Meronyms

• parietal pleura
• visceral pleura

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cervical pleura
• costal pleura
• diaphragmatic pleura
• mediastinal pleura
• parietal pleura

• pleural
• pleural cavity
• pleuretic
• pleurisy
• visceral pleura

Translations

serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax

• Catalan: pleura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸膜 (zh) (xiōngmó)

• Czech: pohrudnice f
• Finnish: keuhkopussi (fi)
• French: plèvre (fr) f
• Galician: teaz f
• Greek: υπεζωκώς (el) m (ypezokós)
• Japanese: 胸膜 (きょうまく, kyōmaku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kiriuhi pūkahu
• Polish: opłucna (pl) f
• Portuguese: pleura f
• Russian: пле́вра (ru) f (plévra)
• Serbo-Croatian: porebrica (sh) f, pogrudnica f
• Spanish: pleura (es)
• Tagalog: bambambaga
• Vietnamese: màng phổi

Etymology 2

Noun

pleura

1. plural of pleuron

Anagrams

• epural, perula

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French

Verb

pleura

1. third-person singular past historic of pleurer

Anagrams

• pâleur

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”).

Noun

pleura f (plural pleure)

1. (anatomy) pleura

Related terms

Related terms

• pleura costale
• pleura diaframmatica
• pleurale
• pleura mediastinica

• pleura parietale
• pleura viscerale
• pleurico
• pleurite

Anagrams

• lupare

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Portuguese

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

1. (anatomy) pleura (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleuɾa/ [ˈpleu̯.ɾa]

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

1. (anatomy) pleura