Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a pleura or the pleuræ as, the pleural investment of the lungs; the pleural cavity; pleural effusion or adhesions. Also pleuric.
  • Pertaining to a rib or a pleuron, or to the ribs or the pleura collectively; costal; situated on the side of the thorax or chest.
  • Lateral, in general; situated on the side of the body: correlated with dorsal, ventral, etc.
  • In arthropods, pertaining to an arthropleura or pleurite: applied to the lateral limb-bearing section of an arthromere, between the sternite and the tergite. See cuts under Brachyura and Trilobita.
  • Especially, in entomology, lateral and thoracic: as, a pleural sclerite; a pleural segment of a thoracic somite.
  • noun A pleural process. Specifically: One of the bones that in turtles overlie and unite with the ribs, forming the greater portion of the carapace; a costal: correlative with neural. Most commonly used in the plural.
  • noun In fishes, one of the long rays of bone attached to the side of the vertebras and extending downward partly around the abdominal cavity; a rib.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleuræ, or to the sides of the thorax.

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  • adjective Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
  • adjective Thin and transparent.

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  • adjective of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax

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Examples

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

  • Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis

    Balkinization 2007

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