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

Pleuras :: Pleuras (pl. ) of Pleur.

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

Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura..

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

Epipleural :: Epipleural (a.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra.

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

Pleurapophysis :: Pleurapophysis (n.) One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib..

Parapleurae :: Parapleurae (pl. ) of Parapleur.

Empyema :: Empyema (n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura..

Pleural :: Pleural (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax..

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..

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..

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

Pleuropneumonia :: Pleuropneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle..

Pleuropericardial :: Pleuropericardial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.

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..

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

Neomenoidea :: Neomenoidea (n. pl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura..

Anisopleura :: Anisopleura (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed..

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