单词 | pleura |
释义 | pleura1/ˈplʊərə /noun (plural pleurae /ˈplʊəriː/) 1Each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs in humans and other mammals.One patient demonstrated multiple recurrences on the chest wall, with eventual direct extension to the pericardium, pleura, and lung....
2 Zoology A lateral part in an animal body or structure. Compare with pleuron.It possesses several features that place it in the Lophogastrida, such as the presence of well-developed abdominal pleurae, pleopods and pereiopods, a broadly structured telson and a lack of uropodal statocysts....
Derivativespleural
OriginLate Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek, literally 'side of the body, rib'. pleura2/ˈplʊərə / Plural form of pleuron. |
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