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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

Since the parietal pleura is attached to the thoracic wall, the natural elasticity of the chest wall opposes the inward pull of the lungs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Take, again, the case of the very severe pain which frequently attends inflammation of the pleura and of the peritoneum.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.