pleural

English

Etymology

From pleura +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplʊɹ.əl/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
• Homophone: plural

Adjective

pleural (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
   • 2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.

2. Thin and transparent.

Derived terms

• bronchopleural
• cerebropleural
• coxopleural
• epipleural
• extrapleural
• interpleural
• intrapleural
• juxtapleural
• pericardiopleural
• pleural cavity
• pleural lobe
• pleurally
• pleural tap
• pleuro-, pleur-, pleuri-
• prepleural
• splanchnopleural
• sternopleural
• subpleural
• transpleural
• ventriculopleural
• zygopleural

 

Translations

relating to the pleura

• Catalan: pleural (ca)
• Czech: pleurální
• Irish: pleorach
• Italian: pleurale, pleurico (it)
• Latin: pleuralis
• Spanish: pleural (es)

Noun

Carapace of Pseudemydura umbrina showing pleural

pleural (plural pleurals)

1. (zoology) An internal segment of the turtle carapace.

References

• “pleural”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pleural”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Adjective

pleural (feminine pleurale, masculine plural pleuraux, feminine plural pleurales)

1. pleural

Further reading

• “pleural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pleural.

Adjective

pleural m or n (feminine singular pleurală, masculine plural pleurali, feminine and neuter plural pleurale)

1. pleural

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pleural		pleurală		pleurali	pleurale
	definite	pleuralul		pleurala		pleuralii	pleuralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pleural		pleurale		pleurali	pleurale
	definite	pleuralului		pleuralei		pleuralilor	pleuralelor

Spanish

Etymology

From pleura +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pleuˈɾal/ [pleu̯ˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pleu‧ral

Adjective

pleural m or f (masculine and feminine plural pleurales)

1. pleural

Derived terms

• cavidad pleural

 

Further reading

• “pleural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10