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Definition: Pleural Cavity |
Pleural CavityNoun1. The cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A space enclosed by the pleura (thin tissue covering the lungs and lining the interior wall of the chest cavity). It is bound by thin membranes. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The pleura and pleural fluid function to preserve a vacuum state that enables breathing. This function of the pleural cavity can be disrupted in several ways:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pleural cavity."
Crosswords: Pleural Cavity |
| English words defined with "pleural cavity": celom, celoma, coelom ♦ haemothorax, hemothorax, hydrothorax ♦ Pectoriloquy, Pleuroperitoneum, pneumothorax, Pyopneumothorax ♦ Thoracoplasty, Thoracotomy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pleural cavity": Fusobacterium nucleatum ♦ Hemopneumothorax ♦ Pleural Effusion, Pleural Effusion, Malignant, Pleural Neoplasms ♦ Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted, thoracoscope, Thoracoscopes, Thoracoscopy, thorascope. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Shown are surgeons and a nurse performing a Thoracoscopy by which they are examining the pleural cavity by means of an Endoscope to later perform a biopsy. Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |
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Health | Grossly, the lungs are dense, rubbery and heavy, usually weighing twice as much as the average lung. They are often found floating in a pool of yellow serous fluid within the pleural cavity. (references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Pleural Cavity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: plueral cavity. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-t-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: lucratively. | |
-3 letters: capitulary, cavalierly, curatively, peculiarly, vertically, victualler. | |
-4 letters: aliteracy, apiculate, arcuately, capillary, capitally, capitular, eucalypti, lucrative, paralytic, partially, placative, plurality, privately, revictual, vacillate, varicella, victualer, virtually. | |
-5 letters: acervuli, acrylate, actively, actually, aerially, alacrity, apically, apyretic, arillate, atypical, avicular, calliper, calypter, calyptra, capitula, cavalier, caviller, cavitary, cultivar, curative, epically, eucalypt, lavalier, literacy, livetrap, palliate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6C 65 75 72 61 6C 43 61 76 69 74 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101100 01100101 01110101 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P l e u r a l   C a v i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006C 0065 0075 0072 0061 006C 0043 0061 0076 0069 0074 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507871878467782376788758691 |
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