The meaning of PLEUR- is pleura. How to use pleur- in a sentence.

Body Part Prefixes ; Phren/i-, Phreno-, Phrenico-, Diaphragm, Phrenic nerve ; Pleur-, Pleur/a-, Pleur/o-, Rib, pleura, Pleural cavity ; Pneum/a- Pneumat/o-, Air; ...

Pleuro- is a combining form used like a prefix variously meaning “side,” “rib,” “lateral,” and “pleura.” Pleura is a term for the membrane around the lungs.

pleur-, of or pertaining to the ribs, Greek πλευρᾱ́ (pleurā́), rib, side of the body, Pleurogenous. -plexy, stroke or seizure, Greek πλήσσω, πλήσσειν (plḗssō ...

phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phreno-, diaphragm ; pleur-, pleura-, pleuro-, rib, pleura (membrane that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside ...

Prefix. edit. pleuro-. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the pleura; pleural. pleurogenic, pleuropericarditis. To the side; lateral. pleurocentrum. Derived terms.

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a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax. 2. pl. of pleuron.

pleur/o is a combining form that refers to “pleura”. The pleura is a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the chest cavity to protect and ...