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pleura


  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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