pleura

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Pleura: plural of pleuron or pleurum: the lateral sclerites between the dorsal and sternal portion of the thorax: in general, the sides of the body between the dorsum and sternum.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

For this Heap of Matter is often accumulated between the Pleura, and the Parts which adhere to it.”

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

Next Day an Opening was made in the Thorax, in the Part where the Operation was proposed to have been performed; as soon as the Pleura was cut through, some Quarts of Water rushed out.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

Ce n'est que lorsqu'il expira, Que le peuple qui l'enterra Pleura.

From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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