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pleurae


  1  definition  found 
 
  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}. 




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