pleural en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈplʊɹ.əl/ (General-American)
Etymology
From pleura + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.
2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics, volume 15, →DOI:
- (not-comparable) Thin and transparent.
Deriveds
pleuro- · pleuri- · zygopleural · propleural · juxtapleural · splanchnopleural · transpleural · pleur- · interpleural · coxopleural · extrapleural · bronchopleural · pleurally · subpleural · intrapleural · sternopleural · epipleural · pleural lobe · costopleural · prepleural · pleural cavity · ventriculopleural · pericardiopleural · pleural tap · cerebropleural
Translations (8)
la pleuralis (relating to the pleura) · it pleurico (relating to the pleura) · es pleural (relating to the pleura) · it pleurale (relating to the pleura) · ga pleorach (relating to the pleura) · cs pleurální (relating to the pleura) · ca pleural (relating to the pleura) · fr pleural (relating to the pleura)