pleura, gen. pleu'rw

(plu'rah) [G. pleura, side.] The serous membrane enveloping the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity, p. cervica'lis, the pleura rising up into the root of the neck, cupula pleurae [BNA]. p. costa'lis [BNA], the layer lining the chest walls, p. diaphragm at'ica [BNA], the layer of parietal pleura covering the upper surface of the diaphragm, except along its 'Costal attachments and where it is covered with the pericardium, p. mediastina'lis [BNA], the continuation of the costal pleura pa ing from the sternum to the vertebral column which covers the side of the mediastinum, p. parieta'- lis [B NA], that which lines the different parts of the chest waU, called costal, diaphragmatic, mediastinal, and cervical according to the parts invested, p. per i card i'aca [BNA], pericardial p., that portion of the mediastinal p. which is fused with the pericardium, p. phren'ica, p. diaphragmatic a. p. pulmona'Iis [BNA], the layer investing the lungs and dipping into the fi ures between the several lobes, p. viscera'lis, p. pul monal is. air in, pneumothorax, air and blood in, pneumohemothoiax, hemogneumothorax, hem a to pneumothorax. air and fluid in, hydropneum9thQrax, pneumoserothorax, pneumohydrothorax. air and pus in, pyopneumothorax, pneumopyothorax. blood in, hemothorax. calcification, pleurostosis. calculus in, pleurolith. disease, pleuropathy, pleuropathia. excision of a part of, pleurectomy. fluid in, hydrothorax, hydro pleurisy, pleurorrhea. gas in, pneumothorax, incision into, pleurotomy. inflammation, pleurisy, pleuritis. pain, pleuialgia, pleurodynia, puncture of, pleurocentesK, thoracentesis, pus in, pyothorax, empyema, pleurapostema, pleuropyesis.