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pleuretic

pleuretic adjective: of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.

Adjective

pleuretic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.
    • […] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII

Questions about pleuretic

What does pleuretic mean?
Pleuretic means of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.
What part of speech is pleuretic?
Pleuretic is an adjective.

Words near pleuretic in the dictionary

  1. pleuraspidotheriids
  2. pleurectomies
  3. pleurectomy
  4. pleurembolic
  5. pleurenchyma
  6. pleuretic
  7. pleuric
  8. pleuripotent
  9. pleurisie
  10. pleurisies
  11. pleurisy

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