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pleural cavity

pleural cavity noun: the part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae.

pleural cavity: the part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae
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Noun

pleural cavity (plural pleural cavities)

  1. The part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae.

pleural cavity meaning in Tamil and Thai

pleural cavity in Tamil

மார்புக் குழி, புப்புச உறைப்பை

pleural cavity in Thai

body cavity
โพรงเยื่อหุ้มปอด proong-yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-bpɔ̀ɔt

Forms of pleural cavity

pluralpleural cavities

Questions about pleural cavity

What does pleural cavity mean?
Pleural cavity means the part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae.
What is pleural cavity in Tamil?
Pleural cavity in Tamil is மார்புக் குழி, புப்புச உறைப்பை. See Pleural cavity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pleural cavity?
Pleural cavity is a noun.
What is the plural of pleural cavity?
The plural of pleural cavity is pleural cavities.

Words near pleural cavity in the dictionary

  1. pleura
  2. pleuracentesis
  3. pleurae
  4. pleural
  5. pleural cavities
  6. pleural cavity
  7. pleural lobe
  8. pleural lobes
  9. pleural tap
  10. pleural taps
  11. pleuralgia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleural cavity (page history and authors); pleural cavity (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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