the thin transparent serous membrane enveloping the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity
2. the plural of pleuron
Derived forms
pleural (ˈpleural)
adjective
Word origin
C17: via Medieval Latin from Greek: side, rib
Examples of 'pleurae' in a sentence
pleurae
Tumors were classified as adhering to cervical, costal, diaphragmatic, and mediastinal pleurae.
Fei Cao, Lin Xie, Han Qi, Shuanggang Chen, Lujun Shen, Ze Song, Weijun Fan 2019, 'Safety and efficacy of thermal ablation for subpleural lung cancers', Thoracic Cancerhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13068. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Video thoracoscopy revealed nodules in parietal and visceral pleurae.
Patrícia K. Vitório, Ester M. Coletta, Nelson Morrone, Carlos H. Lima, Guilherme J.Costa, Daniel Inoue, Fabiam B. Hernandes 2004, 'Hemangioendotelioma epitelióide de pleura Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of thepleura', Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132004000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Adenocarcinoma was found to be the commonest (66.7%) malignant neoplasm in the pleurae followed by small-cell carcinoma (20.8%).
Biswajit Biswas, Sudershan Kumar Sharma, Rameshwar Singh Negi, Neelam Gupta, VirenderMohan Singh Jaswal, Narsimhalu Niranjan 2016, 'Pleural effusion: Role of pleural fluid cytology, adenosine deaminase level, and pleuralbiopsy in diagnosis', Journal of Cytologyhttp://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2016;volume=33;issue=3;spage=159;epage=162;aulast=Biswas. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)