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单词 pleura
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pleuran.

Brit. /ˈplʊərə/, /ˈplɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈplʊrə/
Inflections: Plural pleurae.
Forms: late Middle English– pleura, 1800s pleaura (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pleura.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pleura (1363 in Chauliac) < ancient Greek πλευρά side of the body, rib, of unknown origin, but related to ancient Greek πλευρόν rib, side (see pleuron n.). Compare Italian pleura (late 15th cent.), Spanish pleura (late 15th cent.).
1. Anatomy and Zoology. The serous membrane lining each half of the thoracic cavity and covering the lung. Occasionally also: the serous membrane enclosing the lungs of vertebrates other than mammals (cf. pleuroperitoneum n.).
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > lungs > membranes of
mediastinum?a1425
pleura?a1425
mediastine?c1425
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 15 (MED) In þe brest..is a pannicle which fro withinfourþ couereþ al þe rybbes, which is seid pleura [L. pleura].
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 58 (MED) Þe midreffe..is compounde off þe pleura & of cyfac.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 24 The ribbes..are succinged and clothed with a most sensible Membran called Pleura.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 40 The Heart in this Animal [sc. lamprey] is..cemented and glewed as it were on all sides to the Pleura, or innermost skin of the Thorax.
1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 861 The butcher who killd this ox, says, the lungs grew fast to the pleura, on both sides.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 96 The Vibrations excited in the Pleura and Peritonaeum.
1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 389 The anterior mediastinum is..free from fat, consisting of nothing besides the duplicature of the pleura.
1824 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 114 258 From the sound of fluctuation in the chest, air was evidently contained in the pleura, yet none escaped with the fluid during the first fortnight.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iii. 453 Malignant disease of the lungs and pleuræ.
1911 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 83 237 Parietal and visceral pleura adherent right side, due to recent pleurisy.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) vii. 149 Serous membranes may be involved secondarily by extension of inflammation from the viscera which they invest, as happens to the pleura in cases of pneumonia.
1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) iii. 12 Pus..often spreads between the visceral and parietal pleura.
2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 227/12 Only under the 1995 revision of the Mines Act has cancer of the lungs, stomach and pleura been included under compensable diseases.
2. Zoology and Palaeontology. A lateral part in various invertebrate structures; spec. (a) a pleuron or pleurite of an arthropod, esp. a trilobite; (b) either of the regions on each side of the central tooth of the radula of a mollusc (now rare).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > pleura or side
pleura1826
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > parts of mollusc
ungulaa1382
mantlea1475
trunk1661
diaphragm1665
lid1681
operculum1681
ear1688
beard1697
corslet1753
scar1793
opercle1808
pleura1826
pallium1834
byssus1835
cephalic ganglia1835–6
opercule1836
lingual ribbon1839
tube1839
cloak1842
test1842
collar1847
testa1847
rachis1851
uncinus1851
land-shell1853
mantle cavity1853
mesopodium1853
propodium1853
radula1853
malacology1854
gill comb1861
pallial cavity1862
tongue-tootha1877
mesopode1877
odontophore1877
pallial chamber1877
shell-gland1877
rasp1879
protopodium1880
ctenidium1883
osphradium1883
shell-sac1883
tooth-ribbon1883
megalaesthete1885
rachidian1900
scungille1953
tentacle-sheath-
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > thorax > part to which lower wings are attached
pleura1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 380 (The Pleuræ). The space behind the scapulars, on which the lower organs of flight are fixed.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 574 Pleura. By this name I would distinguish the part which laterally connects the metathorax and postpectus. It includes in it the socket of the secondary wings.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 28 The teeth on the pleuræ are termed uncini; they are extremely numerous in the plant-eating gasteropods.
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iii. 50 The lateral areas are called the pleuræ.
1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) v. 127 Each thoracic or free segment consists of a central arched portion (axis) and a pair of lateral pleurae.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) xi. 356/2 Some, e.g. the olenellids, were prevented from doing more than curl up in a half-sphere because the distal free edges of the pleurae then came in contact.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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