pleura

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English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura.

Noun

pleura (plural pleuras or pleurae)

  1. (anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
    Meronyms: cervical pleura, costal pleura, diaphragmatic pleura, mediastinal pleura, parietal pleura, visceral pleura
    • 1856, William Youatt, ‎William Charles Linnaeus Martin, ‎A. Stevens, The Hog (page 120)
      The lungs may be said to be inclosed in separate bags, or to have distinct pleuras.
  2. (zootomy) A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pleura

  1. plural of pleuron

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Verb

pleura

  1. third-person singular past historic of pleurer

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Italian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”).

Noun

pleura f (plural pleure)

  1. (anatomy) pleura
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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ (pleurā́, “a rib, a side of something”).

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Noun

pleura f (genitive pleurae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. (anatomy) The pleura.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pleura pleurae
genitive pleurae pleurārum
dative pleurae pleurīs
accusative pleuram pleurās
ablative pleurā pleurīs
vocative pleura pleurae

Descendants

  • → English: pleura
  • → French: pleura
  • → Italian: pleura
  • → Portuguese: pleura
  • → Spanish: pleura

Noun

pleurā f

  1. ablative singular of pleura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pleu‧ra

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

  1. (anatomy) pleura (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpleuɾa/
  • Rhymes: -euɾa
  • Syllabification: pleu‧ra

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

  1. (anatomy) pleura

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