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Definition of: pleura
(ploor′ə) noun plural pleu·rae (ploor′ē) Anat.
The serous membrane that infolds the lungs and is reflected upon the walls of the thorax and upon the diaphragm. [<Gk. pleura side]
—pleu′ral adjective
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