pleural
/ˈplʊə.ɹəl/US/ˈplʊɹ.əl/
pleural adjective: of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
Adjective
pleural (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
- The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics, volume 15, →DOI
- Thin and transparent.
Noun
pleural (plural pleurals)
pleural meaning in Tamil
pleural in Tamil
- உள்உடல், நெஞ்சுக்கூட்டுச்சவ்வுக்குரிய
Forms of pleural
| plural | pleurals |
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Origin of pleural
From pleura + -al.
Words formed from pleural
- bronchopleural
- cerebropleural
- costopleural
- coxopleural
- epipleural
- extrapleural
- interpleural
- intrapleural
- juxtapleural
- pericardiopleural
- pleural cavity
- pleural lobe
- pleurally
- pleural tap
- pleuro-
- pleur-
- pleuri-
- prepleural
- propleural
- splanchnopleural
- sternopleural
- subpleural
- transpleural
- ventriculopleural
- zygopleural
Phrases with pleural
Words that rhyme with pleural
- plural
- anural
- crural
- epidural
- epipleural
- extramural
- intramural
- jural
- mural
- neural
- bronchopleural
- caesural
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- caricatural
- cesural
- commissural
- cynosural
- duoplural
- dural
- extradural
- extrapleural
- interpleural
- 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 pleural
- What does pleural mean?
- Pleural means of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
- What is pleural in Tamil?
- Pleural in Tamil is உள்உடல், நெஞ்சுக்கூட்டுச்சவ்வுக்குரிய. See Pleural meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pleural?
- Pleural can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pleural?
- Pleural is pronounced /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/ (UK).
Words near pleural in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pleural (page history and authors); pleural (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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