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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
closed
sac
formed
by the
pleural
membrane
about each lung, or the fold of
membrane
connecting
each lung with the body
wall..
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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..
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..
Thoracotomy
::
Thoracotomy
(n.) The
operation
of
opening
the
pleural
cavity
by
incision.
Endopleura
::
Endopleura
(n.) The inner
coating
of a seed. See
Tegmen.
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..
Solenogastra
::
Solenogastra
(n. pl.) An order of lowly
organized
Mollusca
belonging
to the
Isopleura.
A
narrow
groove
takes the place of the foot of other
gastropods.
Pleura
::
Pleura
(n. fem.) Same as
Pleuron.
Parapleura
::
Parapleura
(n.) A
chitinous
piece
between
the
metasternum
and the
pleuron
of
certain
insects.
Pleurisy
::
Pleurisy
(n.) An
inflammation
of the
pleura,
usually
accompanied
with
fever,
pain,
difficult
respiration,
and
cough,
and with
exudation
into the
pleural
cavity..
Pleuroperitoneum
::
Pleuroperitoneum
(n.) The
pleural
and
peritoneal
membranes,
or the
membrane
lining
the body
cavity
and
covering
the
surface
of the
inclosed
viscera;
the
peritoneum;
-- used
especially
in the case of those
animals
in which the body
cavity
is not
divided..
Pleural
::
Pleural
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
pleura
or
pleurae,
or to the sides of the
thorax..
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..
Pleuroperitoneal
::
Pleuroperitoneal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
pleural
and
peritoneal
membranes
or
cavities,
or to the
pleuroperitoneum..
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..
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.
Subpodophyllous
::
Subpleural
(a.)
Situated
under the
pleural
membrane.
Tegmen
::
Tegmen
(n.) The inner layer of the
coating
of a seed,
usually
thin and
delicate;
the
endopleura..
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