different between pleura vs pleurae

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pl??.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pl??.?/

Etymology 1

Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura.

Noun

pleura (plural pleurae)

1. (anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.

   Meronyms: cervical pleura, costal pleura, diaphragmatic pleura, mediastinal pleura, parietal pleura, visceral pleura

2. (zootomy) A lateral part in an animal body or structure.

Derived terms

• pleural
• pleuretic

Related terms

• pleurisy

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

pleura

1. plural of pleuron

References

• “pleura”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “pleura”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• epural, perula

French

Verb

pleura

1. third-person singular past historic of pleurer

Anagrams

• pâleur

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”).

Noun

pleura f (plural pleure)

1. (anatomy) pleura

Related terms

Anagrams

• lupare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (pleur??, “a rib, a side of something”).

Pronunciation

• pleura: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pleu?.ra/, [?pl??u?r?]
• pleur?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pleu?.ra/, [?pl??u?r?]

Noun

pleura f (genitive pleurae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) The pleura.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: pleura
• ? French: pleura
• ? Italian: pleura
• ? Portuguese: pleura
• ? Spanish: pleura

Noun

pleur? f

1. ablative singular of pleura

Portuguese

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

1. (anatomy) pleura (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pleu?a/, [?pleu?.?a]

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

1. (anatomy) pleura

English

Noun

pleurae

1. plural of pleura

Anagrams

• perulae