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📚 noun • entry_id 13645

pleura

/ˈplʊə.ɹə/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
pleura
Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
The lungs […] may be said to be inclosed in separate bags, or to have distinct pleuras.
Phrases
endopleurapleuralpleurectomypleureticpleuritispleurosispulmonary pleura
Word forms
pleuraepleuras