EGAVE

pleural

About 2.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
  2. adjective Thin and transparent.
  3. noun An internal segment of the turtle carapace.

Similar words

thickened pleuric pleuritic pleurogenic thoracic pulmonary pulmonic lung chest respiratory

Often followed by

effusion cavity space fluid effusions and cavities pressure thickening surface

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