Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 14 compound words that contain pleura. The most common are listed below. Open pleura in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- parietal pleuraThe portion of the pleura that lines the inner surface of the chest wall and covers the diaphragm.
- visceral pleuraThe portion of pleura that is attached directly to the lungs.
- pulmonary pleuraVisceral pleura.
Compound words 14
- pleurectomyRemoval of part of the pleura
- endopleurategmen (inner coating of a seed)
- pleurosispleurisy; pleuritis
- acropleuraplural of acropleuron: The small dorsal region of the mesopleuron
- aeropleuraSynonym of pneumothorax: Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
- hypopleuraplural of hypopleuron: Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.
- mesopleuraplural of mesopleuron: The lateral surface of the mesothorax
- metapleuraplural of metapleuron: An exoskeletal plate on each side of the metathorax of an insect
- notopleuraplural of notopleuron: A thoracic pleurite present in some insects just below the notum
- parapleuraplural of parapleuron: One of the pleura or sternal side-pieces in a beetle, etc.