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pleura

[ploor-uh] / ˈplʊər ə /
NOUN
lung
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The layer of tissue that covers the lung and dips into spaces is called the visceral pleura.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020

Under normal conditions, viewers see a reflection of the pleura as a series of equidistant horizontal lines, called A lines, throughout those organs.

From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020

The lungs are enclosed by the pleura, a membrane that is composed of visceral and parietal pleural layers.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various