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pleura
[ ploor-uh ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plural of pleuron.
pleura
/ ˈʊəə /
noun
- the thin transparent serous membrane enveloping the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity
- the plural of pleuron
pleura
/ r′ə /
, Plural pleurae r′ŧ
- A membrane that encloses each lung and lines the chest cavity.
Derived Forms
- ˈܰ, adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pleura1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pleura1
Example Sentences
To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.
“But because his surgeon . said it had spread to the pleura of the lungs, they said it wasn’t a covered cancer.”
It can detect blockage and constriction in arteries and veins, and can identify issues in the pleura, the fluid-filled membranes that line the thorax and lungs.
In short, an abscess in the pericardium must be treated like an abscess in the pleura.
To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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