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

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

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..

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..

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

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. fem.) Same as Pleuron.

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..

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

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

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

Pleuro- :: Pleuro- () A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum..

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..

Pleura :: Pleura (pl. ) of Pleuro.

Podostomata :: Podostomata (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.

Pleuric :: Pleuric (a.) Pleural.

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

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

Pleura :: 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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