Meanings
adjectivepleural (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, 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 - not comparableThin and transparent.
Origin
- Englishpleura
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpleural
Translations
Catalan pleural
- pleuralrelating to the pleura
Czech pleurální
- pleurálnírelating to the pleura
French pleural
- pleuralrelating to the pleura
Irish pleorach
- pleorachrelating to the pleura
Italian pleurale, pleurico
- pleuralerelating to the pleura
- pleuricorelating to the pleura
Latin pleuralis
- pleuralisrelating to the pleura
Spanish pleural
- pleuralrelating to the pleura
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pleural
ruralneuralpluralmuralintramuralepiduralUralextramuralduralsubduralsensorineuralnomenclaturalsuralextraduralcommissuralanuralbronchopleuralcaesuralcaricaturalcruralcynosuralduopluralepipleuralextrapleural
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
pleural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleural
MLA
“pleural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleural. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleural.
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