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Definition of pleura noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pleura

noun

NAmE//ˈplʊrə//

(anatomy) (pl. pleurae

NAmE//ˈplʊri//

) (anatomy)

one of the two membranes that surround the lungs

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