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Ischium :: Ischium (n.) One of the pleurae of insects.

Subpodophyllous :: Subpleural (a.) Situated under the pleural membrane.

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..

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.

Pleuric :: Pleuric (a.) Pleural.

Arthropleura :: Arthropleura (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

Eudipleura :: Eudipleura (n. pl.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves..

Pleuralgia :: Pleuralgia (n.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs.

Parapleura :: Parapleura (n.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.

Thoracotomy :: Thoracotomy (n.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.

Pleuroperitoneal :: Pleuroperitoneal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum..

Pleuras :: Pleuras (pl. ) of Pleur.

Lung-grown :: Lung-grown (a.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.

Endopleura :: Endopleura (n.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

Isopleura :: Isopleura (n. pl.) A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal..

Pleura :: Pleura (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall..

Hemoothorax :: Hemoothorax (n.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

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..

Pleura :: Pleura (n.) pl. of Pleuron.

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..

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