pleuraladj.1
/ˈplʊərəl/, /ˈplʊərl̩/, /ˈplɔːrəl/, /ˈplɔːrl̩/, U.S. /ˈplʊrəl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Of or relating to the pleura of the lungs.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [adjective] > lungs > membranes of
pleural1824
mediastinal1826
pleuropulmonary1829
pleuric1858
pleuropericardial1859
pleurogenic1878
interpleural1879
pleurogenous1881
1824 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 114 262 The very large number of bronchial tubes that lie immediately under the pleural covering of the lung,..how delicate this membrane is.
1849 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 139 285 The atlas and axis of this gigantic reptile have not hitherto been discovered, but we may expect..the pleural complement of the axis to have a double attachment.
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 47 Pleural inflammation..affecting the base of the left lung.
1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xiii. 169 A relatively clear pleural or cerebro-spinal fluid directs attention to the possibility of infection with the tubercle bacillus.
1987 F. Wyndham Other Garden vi. 77 The tests revealed a pleural effusion of tubercular origin.
2005 Lung Cancer 48 157 An evidence summary was developed for the surgical management of adult patients with diffuse or localized malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Compounds
pleural cavity n. the (potential) space between the visceral and parietal layers of the pleura.
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1829 Lancet 31 Jan. 574/1 About eighteen ounces of serum were found in each pleural cavity.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 242 The accumulated fluid in the pleural cavity.
1906 B. P. Colton Physiol. i. iii. 80 There is also a small quantity of similar liquid around the lungs in the pleural cavities.
2000 Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. With the former there is the danger of pneumothorax (air entering the pleural cavity and the possibility of lung collapse), and with the latter of damage to the brain stem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pleuraladj.2
/ˈplʊərəl/, /ˈplʊərl̩/, /ˈplɔːrəl/, /ˈplɔːrl̩/, U.S. /ˈplʊrəl/ Zoology and Palaeontology.
Of or relating to a pleuron or pleurite of an arthropod, or to the pleura of a mollusc; (also more generally) lateral, costal.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the side
pleural1856
pleuritic1890
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > of or relating to side of somite
pleural1856
pleuritic1890
1856 Proc. Royal Soc. 8 390 The Columbellæ..[are] distinguished from the Buccinidæ by the unarmed rachis, and curved versatile pleural teeth of the tongue-strap.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 491 The somite..may consist of a dorsal plate, the tergum, and a ventral plate, the sternum, connected laterally by a soft pleural membrane.
1920 Amer. Naturalist 54 404 These animals resemble the trilobites in lacking a carapace, in possessing pleural lobes.
1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xiii. 210 The nervous system of the clam..consists of four pairs of ganglia, the cerebral, the pleural, the pedal, and the visceral ganglia.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) xi. 345/1 Each pleuron is indented by an oblique pleural furrow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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