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Pleuras :: Pleuras (pl. ) of Pleur.

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.

Pterobranchia :: Pterobranchia (n. pl.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura..

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

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

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..

Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..

Thoracoplasty :: Thoracoplasty (n.) A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema..

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 (pl. ) of Pleuro.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Parapleurae :: Parapleurae (pl. ) of Parapleur.

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