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pleura

[ploor-uh] / ˈplʊər ə /
NOUN
lung
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Under normal conditions, viewers see a reflection of the pleura as a series of equidistant horizontal lines, called A lines, throughout those organs.

From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020

To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.

From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020

Therefore, as you breathe, the pleural fluid prevents the two layers of the pleura from rubbing against each other and causing damage due to friction.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The lungs are enclosed by the pleura, a membrane that is composed of visceral and parietal pleural layers.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Now, disease may attack the brain, the lungs, kidneys, spleen, bowels, pleura, or peritoneum.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George