Pleura Definition

plo͝orə
pleurae, pleuron
noun
The thin serous membrane that covers a lung and lines the chest cavity in mammals.
Webster's New World

Pleuron.

Webster's New World

Plural form of pleuron.

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Other Word Forms of Pleura

Noun

Singular:
pleura
Plural:
pleurae

Origin of Pleura

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin from Greek side, rib

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleura, “a rib, a side of something").

    From Wiktionary

Pleura Sentence Examples

  • Exposure to blue or brown asbestos dust can cause mesothelioma, a tumor of the pleura, which is the lining of the lung.

  • In the thorax the pronotum and prosternum are closely associated with the mesothorax, but the pleura of the prothorax are usually shifted far forwards, so that the forelegs are inserted just behind the head.

  • They produce a lubricating fluid that fills the gap between the two pleura.

  • This head-shield is succeeded by a varying number of free segments, each of which consists of a medium convex tergal piece and a pair of arched lateral plates, the pleura, of which there is one on each side.

  • The terga and pleura of each individual segment overlap those of the segment that serially succeeds it.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLE

Words Ending With

ARAURA

Unscrambles

pleura

Words Starting With P and Ending With A

Starts With P & Ends With AStarts With PL & Ends With AStarts With P & Ends With RA

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With A