4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleura \Pleu"ra\, n.,
pl of {Pleuron}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleura \Pleu"ra\, n.; pl L. {Pleur[ae]}, E. {Pleuras}. [NL., n.
fem., fr Gr ? a rib, the side.]
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. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Pleuron}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleuron \Pleu"ron\, n.; pl {Pleura}. [NL., fr Gr ? a rib.]
(Zo["o]l.)
a One of the sides of an animal.
b One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
c One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pleura
n : the thin membrane around the lungs
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