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Pleura   Listen
noun
Pleura  n.  (pl. L. pleurae, E. pleuras)  
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
(b)
The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
2.
(Zool.) Same as Pleuron.






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... wounds were serious, but, thanks to the skill of the physicians who were called in, were not mortal; one of them even healed eventually; but as to the second, the blade having gone between the costal pleura and the pulmonary pleura, an effusion of blood occurred between the two layers, so that, instead of closing the wound, it was kept carefully open, in order that the blood extravasated during the night might be drawn off every morning by means of a pump, as is done in the ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere



Words linked to "Pleura" :   serosa, serous membrane, parietal pleura, pleural cavity, visceral pleura



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