pleura C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈplʊɹ.ə/ UK /ˈplʊə.ɹə/ See IPA manual Freq #94144 Meanings 1 noun the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest The infection inflamed the pleura around the lung. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms endopleurapleuralpleurectomypleureticpleuritispleurosis Related forms pleurisy Common collocations parietal pleura Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura. Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pleura **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈplʊɹ.ə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈplʊə.ɹə/ **Frequency rank:** 94144 ## Meanings 1. the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest ## Examples - The infection inflamed the pleura around the lung. ## Derived Forms - endopleura - pleural - pleurectomy - pleuretic - pleuritis - pleurosis ## Related Forms - pleurisy ## Etymology From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown