pleura

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Pleura, plōō′ra, n. a delicate serous membrane which covers the lungs and lines the cavity of the chest:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Each Lung, in a perfect State of Health, touches the Pleura, the Membrane, that lines the Inside of the Breast; though it is not connected to it.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

This is inflammation of the Pleura of one or both lungs, generally confined to one side.

From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by Hill, B. L. (Benjamin L.)

Pleura, the serous membrane that lines the interior of the thorax and invests the lungs.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin