| pleurobranch | <zoology> Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax. See: Pleuro-, and Branchia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pleurobranchia | Origin: NL. <zoology> Same as Pleurobranch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pleurocarp | <botany> Any pleurocarpic moss. Origin: Pleuro- + Gr. Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pleurocarpous | <botany> Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; opposed to acrocarpous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pleurocele | Synonym: pneumonocele. Origin: pleuro-+ G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleurocentesis | Synonym: thoracentesis. Origin: pleuro-+ G. Kentesis, puncture (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleurocentrum | <anatomy> One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians. Origin: NL. See Pleuro-, and Centrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pleuroclysis | Washing out of the pleural cavity. Origin: pleuro-+ G. Klysis, a washing out (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleurodeles | A genus of aquatic newts belonging to the family salamandridae and sometimes referred to as "spiny" tritons. There are two species p. Waltlii and p. Poireti. P. Waltlii is commonly used in the laboratory. Since this genus adapts to aquarium living, it is easy to maintain in laboratories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pleurodesis | The production of adhesions between the parietal and visceral pleura. The procedure is used in the treatment of bronchopleural fistulas, malignant pleural effusions, and pneumothorax and often involves instillation of chemicals or other agents into the pleural space causing, in effect, a pleuritis that seals the air leak. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pleurodont | <anatomy> Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards. Origin: Pleuro- + Gr, a tooth. <zoology> Any lizard having pleurodont teeth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pleurodynia | <medicine> A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Side + pain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pleurodynia, epidemic | An acute, febrile, infectious disease generally occurring in epidemics, most often seen in persons under the age of 20. It is usually caused by coxsackie viruses b and sometimes by coxsackie viruses a, echoviruses, and other enteroviruses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pleuroesophageal line | On a frontal chest radiograph, the image of the interface between the right lung and oesophagus, the boundary of the azygoesophageal recess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleuroesophageal muscle | <anatomy> Muscular fasciculi, arising from the mediastinal pleura, which reinforce musculature of oesophagus. Synonym: musculus pleuroesophageus. (05 Mar 2000) |