The x-ray shows there's something lodged between the pleura and this rib.
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Pleura
//ˈplʊə.ɹə//
Synonyms for "pleura" (22 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- плевра noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Catalan
1 entries- pleura noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 胸膜 noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Czech
1 entries- pohrudnice noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Dutch
1 entries- pleura noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Esperanto
1 entries- pleŭro noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Finnish
1 entries- keuhkopussi noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
French
1 entries- plèvre noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Galician
1 entries- teaz noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Greek
1 entries- υπεζωκώς noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Italian
1 entries- pleura noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Japanese
1 entries- 胸膜 noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Kazakh
1 entries- өкпеқап noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Mongolian
2 entries- цээжний гялтан noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
- цээжний хальс noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Māori
1 entries- kiriuhi pūkahu noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Polish
1 entries- opłucna noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Portuguese
1 entries- pleura noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Russian
1 entries- пле́вра noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pogrudnica noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
- porebrica noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Spanish
1 entries- pleura noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Tagalog
1 entries- bambambaga noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Vietnamese
1 entries- màng phổi noun (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The lungs […] may be said to be inclosed in separate bags, or to have distinct pleuras.
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