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pleuron
  1. A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
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    1. “But the anger of Artemis was not yet soothed, and she roused a strife between the men of pleuron and the men of Kalydon.”
      “On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.”
      “For Meleagros sought to have the head, and the Kouretes of pleuron cared not to take the hide only for their portion.”
pleura
  1. (anatomy) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
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    1. “The mediastinal pleura is then incised over the length of the esophagus, avoiding injury to any neural or major vascular structures.”
      “In the chest, the tumors can arise from either the visceral or parietal pleura.”
      “It may cause interstitial lung disease by diffusely involving the pleura, interlobular septa, and pulmonary bronchovascular bundles.”
pleurodynia
  1. (medicine) A painful condition of the side of the body, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
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    1. “Boys with pleurodynia may also have pain in the testicles beginning about 2 weeks after the chest pain starts.”
      “In pleurodynia, fever and muscle pain usually last 1 to 2 days, and in herpangina, symptoms generally last 3 to 6 days.”
      “Epidemic pleurodynia also is called Bornholm disease, Sylvest's disease, devil's grip and epidemic benign dry pleurisy.”
pleurisy
  1. (pathology) Inflammation of lung pleura.
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    1. “After being diagnosed with pleurisy, the patient experienced excruciating pain in their chest due to the inflammation of the lung pleura.”
      “Most cases are asymptomatic, but some present with hemoptysis, cough, chest pain, dyspnea, and pleurisy.”
      “It is said to be useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, ophthalmia, pleurisy, etc.”
pleuritis
  1. Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
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    1. “In conclusion, PCR can be used as an additional test for detecting M. tuberculosis in patients with tubercular pleuritis because conventional methods have low sensitivity.”
      “In the absence of the history the differentiation must be made between perihepatitis and pleuritis.”
      “Pleurisy, also called pleuritis, inflammation of the pleura, the membranes that line the thoracic cavity and fold in to cover the lungs.”
pleurotomy
  1. (medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura.
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    1. “The most common minor complication in both the DL and FL groups was pleurotomy, which was repaired intraoperatively without requirement for chest tube drainage in all cases.”
pleurosis
pleuritic
  1. An individual with pleurisy.
pleurectomy
  1. (surgery) Removal of part of the pleura
  2. Examples:
    1. “The pleurectomy specimen was characterized by fragments of fibrous connective tissue lined by mesothelial cells with focal papillary area.”
      “For thymoma patients, the radical thymothymectomy was performed concurrent with radical pleural pleurectomy.”
pleura
  1. plural of pleuron
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The mediastinal pleura is then incised over the length of the esophagus, avoiding injury to any neural or major vascular structures.”
      “In the chest, the tumors can arise from either the visceral or parietal pleura.”
      “It may cause interstitial lung disease by diffusely involving the pleura, interlobular septa, and pulmonary bronchovascular bundles.”
pleurite
  1. (zoology) A pleuron.
pleurodynias
pleurectomies
  1. plural of pleurectomy
pleurotomies
  1. plural of pleurotomy
pleuritics
  1. plural of pleuritic
pleuritides
pleurites
  1. plural of pleurite
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, several specimens of Isojulus preserve unarguable evidence of distinct pleurites.”
      “Anterior pleurites of left side somewhat damaged and the right mesothoracic leg stuck into position with glue.”
      “A brachial valve of Oehlertella pleurites was also found in the shale but not on a bivalve shell and Oehlertella pleurites.”
pleurisies
pleurae
  1. plural form of pleura
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    1. “In some cases, the carapace margin, the opisthosomal pleurae, and distal regions of the tail spine are absent.”
      “Normally, the pleurae are silky smooth, allowing your lungs to slide easily along your chest wall when you breathe in and out.”
      “At the posterior of the body, the pleurae were fused into a flattened tail-like segment, or pygidium.”
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