[
US
/ˈpɫʊɹəɫ/
]
[ UK /plˈɜːɹəl/ ]
[ UK /plˈɜːɹəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax
pleural muscles
How To Use pleural In A Sentence
- For pleural fluid this is done by a pleural tap or chest drain, in ascites with an paracentesis or ascitic drain and in a pericardial effusion with pericardiocentesis. Balkinization
- The sole patient with benign pleural disease showing a mediastinal pleural involvement on MRI was identified pathologically as tuberculous pleurisy.
- For pleural fluid this is done by a pleural tap or chest drain, in ascites with an paracentesis or ascitic drain and in a pericardial effusion with pericardiocentesis. Balkinization
- Immediately after thoracotomy, the pleural cavity was carefully washed with 100 mL of physical saline solution, and the fluid was examined.
- Fibroblasts grow into the exudate from both the visceral and parietal pleural surface to produce an inelastic membrane called the pleural peel.
- The median sternotomy is used to gain access to the anterior mediastinum, heart, great vessels, hila and pleural spaces.
- Middle pleural area: in Hymenoptera; the median of the three areas between lateral and pleural carinae: = 2d pleural area. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
- Among the extrapulmonary presentations, pleural TB is second in frequency after tuberculous lymphadenitis.
- The most common findings are isolated hilar or mediastinal adenopathy, segmental hyperinflation or atelectasis, alveolar consolidation, interstitial densities, pleural effusion or cavitation.
- Pleural effusions can also be located between the lung and the diaphragm.