Pleural

(plur-ral). 1. Pertaining to the pleura. 2. Pertaining to a rib, or the ribs; costal. P. Eclampsia. See P. Epilepsy. P. Epilepsy, a convulsion sometimes following the procedure of washing out the pleural cavity. It may terminate fatally, or may end in monoplegia or hemiplegia. P. Reflexes, grave nervous phenomena which develop in the course of removal of a pleural effusion, either at the time of aspiration or, more often, during the proce of washing out the pleural cavity. Sudden unconsciousne , with tonic and clonic convulsions, hemiplegia, with or without aphasia, paralysis of the arm on the affected side, sometimes with hemic hore a, are some of the conditions that have been observed.