Etymology

pleural

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English pleura
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The story

  1. Englishpleura
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. English todaypleural

From pleura + -al.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.