pleurogenic

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pleurogenic /pleu·ro·gen·ic/ (-jen´ik) pleurogenous.

pleu·ro·gen·ic (pl

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adj.

Of pleural origin; beginning in the pleura.

pleura [ploor´ah] (Gr.)

the serous membrane investing the lungs (visceral or pulmonary pleura) and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity (parietal pleura); the two layers enclose a potential space, the pleural cavity. adj., adj pleu´ral.

pleurogenic, pleurogenous

originating in the pleura.

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