interpleural
interpleural adjective: between layers of the pleura.
Adjective
interpleural (not comparable)
- Between layers of the pleura
- However, in their experiments, mice were anethetized and changes in interpleural pressure following mechanical stimulation were recorded to detect cough [10 ].2015 November 19, “Mechanical Stimulation by Postnasal Drip Evokes Cough”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of interpleural
From inter- + pleural.
Words that rhyme with interpleural
- plural
- anural
- crural
- epidural
- epipleural
- extramural
- intramural
- jural
- mural
- neural
- pleural
- bronchopleural
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- caesural
- caricatural
- cesural
- commissural
- cynosural
- duoplural
- dural
- extradural
- extrapleural
- intradural
- intrapleural
- juxtapleural
- macrural
- myodural
- myoneural
- nomenclatural
- nonepidural
- nonneural
- nonrural
- peridural
- photomural
- postdural
- procural
- rural
- semirural
- sensorineural
- splanchnopleural
- sternopleural
- subdural
- subpleural
- superplural
- sural
- transdural
- transpleural
- Ural
- zygopleural
Questions about interpleural
- What does interpleural mean?
- Interpleural means between layers of the pleura.
- What part of speech is interpleural?
- Interpleural is an adjective.
Words near interpleural in the dictionary
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