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Definition of pleura
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pleura is as below...
Pleura
(n. fem.) The
smooth
serous
membrane
which
closely
covers
the lungs and the
adjacent
surfaces
of the
thorax;
the
pleural
membrane.
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Pleuralgia
::
Pleuralgia
(n.) Pain in the side or
region
of the ribs.
Endopleura
::
Endopleura
(n.) The inner
coating
of a seed. See
Tegmen.
Pleurisy
::
Pleurisy
(n.) An
inflammation
of the
pleura,
usually
accompanied
with
fever,
pain,
difficult
respiration,
and
cough,
and with
exudation
into the
pleural
cavity..
Thoracoplasty
::
Thoracoplasty
(n.) A
remodeling
or
reshaping
of the
thorax;
especially,
the
operation
of
removing
the ribs, so as to
obliterate
the
pleural
cavity
in cases of
empyema..
Placophora
::
Placophora
(n. pl.) A
division
of
gastropod
Mollusca,
including
the
chitons.
The back is
covered
by eight
shelly
plates.
Called
also
Polyplacophora.
See
Illust.
under
Chiton,
and
Isopleura..
Pleuras
::
Pleuras
(pl. ) of
Pleur.
Mediastinum
::
Mediastinum
(n.) A
partition;
a
septum;
specifically,
the folds of the
pleura
(and the space
included
between
them) which
divide
the
thorax
into a right and left
cavity.
The space
included
between
these folds of the
pleura,
called
the
mediastinal
space,
contains
the heart and gives
passage
to the
esophagus
and great blood
vessels..
Podostomata
::
Podostomata
(n. pl.) An order of
Bryozoa
of which
Rhabdopleura
is the type. See
Rhabdopleura.
Pectoriloquy
::
Pectoriloquy
(n.) The
distinct
articulation
of the
sounds
of a
patient's
voice,
heard on
applying
the ear to the chest in
auscultation.
It
usually
indicates
some
morbid
change
in the lungs or
pleural
cavity..
Hemoothorax
::
Hemoothorax
(n.) An
effusion
of blood into the
cavity
of the
pleura.
Empyema
::
Empyema
(n.) A
collection
of
blood,
pus, or other
fluid,
in some
cavity
of the body,
especially
that of the
pleura..
Pleuro-
::
Pleuro-
() A
combining
form
denoting
relation
to a side;
specif.,
connection
with, or
situation
in or near, the
pleura;
as,
pleuroperitoneum..
Pyopneumothorax
::
Pyopneumothorax
(n.)
Accumulation
of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the
pleural
cavity..
Pleuric
::
Pleuric
(a.)
Pleural.
Epipleural
::
Epipleural
(a.)
Arising
from the
pleurapophysis
of a
vertebra.
Adhere
::
Adhere
(v. i.) 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..
Pleura
::
Pleura
(pl. ) of
Pleuro.
Rhabdopleura
::
Rhabdopleura
(n.) A genus of
marine
Bryozoa
in which the
tubular
cells have a
centralchitinous
axis and the
tentacles
are borne on a
bilobed
lophophore.
It is the type of the order
Pterobranchia,
or
Podostomata.
Pterobranchia
::
Pterobranchia
(n. pl.) An order of
marine
Bryozoa,
having
a
bilobed
lophophore
and an axial cord. The genus
Rhabdopleura
is the type.
Called
also
Podostomata.
See
Rhabdopleura..
Eudipleura
::
Eudipleura
(n. pl.) The
fundamental
forms of
organic
life, that are
composed
of two equal and
symmetrical
halves..
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