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Pleura Common

Pleura has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest

2

Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.

3

plural of pleuron

See Also
pleurisy pleuritis interpleural sternopleural costodiaphragmatic parietal pleura transpleural visceral pleura
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
serous membrane
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
parietal pleura visceral pleura
Rhyming Words
ura aura dura kura rura cura tura sura yura bura jura mura viura omura neura alura ogura ahura goura noura
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