| pleural stripe | On a chest radiograph, the soft tissue stripe between the opacity of the aerated lung and that of the cortex of the rib. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pleural villi | Shaggy appendages on the pleura in the neighborhood of the costomediastinal sinus. Synonym: villi pleurales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| empyema, pleural | Suppurative inflammation of the pleural space. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, pleural | Tuberculosis of the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs. (12 Dec 1998) |