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transpleurally

transpleurally adverb: through the pleura.

Adverb

transpleurally (not comparable)

  1. Through the pleura
    • The left lobe was transpleurally lavaged using 3 mL of Iscove’s media with 15% glycerin mixed with 2% FBS-MEM and the lavage fluid was recovered by gently pressing the inflated lobe flat and used to transpleurally lavage the right lobe following the same technique.2015 July 15, “Mammalian Cell-Derived Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Like Particles Protect the Lower as well as the Upper Respiratory Tract”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of transpleurally

From transpleural + -ly.

Questions about transpleurally

What does transpleurally mean?
Transpleurally means through the pleura.
What part of speech is transpleurally?
Transpleurally is an adverb.

Words near transpleurally in the dictionary

  1. transplatin
  2. transplendency
  3. transplendent
  4. transplendently
  5. transpleural
  6. transpleurally
  7. transplice
  8. transpliced
  9. transplices
  10. transplicing
  11. transploitation

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