pleura

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To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.

From Scientific American

“But because his surgeon . said it had spread to the pleura of the lungs, they said it wasn’t a covered cancer.”

From Washington Times

It can detect blockage and constriction in arteries and veins, and can identify issues in the pleura, the fluid-filled membranes that line the thorax and lungs.

From US News

In short, an abscess in the pericardium must be treated like an abscess in the pleura.

From Project Gutenberg

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

From Project Gutenberg