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extrapleural en · ADJ

Etymology

From extra- + pleural.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Outside of the pleura
    • Most patients (12 cases) underwent pleurectomy/decortication, six had extrapleural pneumonectomy. 2014 June 10, G L Ceresoli et al., “Prognostic factors in elderly patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: results of a multicenter survey”, in British Journal of Cancer, volume 111, →DOI: