Pleuritis
(||Pleu*ri"tis) n. [L.] (Med.) Pleurisy.
Pleuro-
(Pleu"ro-) [See Pleura.] A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with,
or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.
Pleurobrachia
(||Pleu`ro*brach"i*a) n. [NL. See Pleuro-, and Brachium.] (Zoöl.) A genus of ctenophores
having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.
Pleurobranch
(Pleu"ro*branch) n. [See Pleuro- , and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) Any one of the gills of a crustacean
that is attached to the side of the thorax.
Pleurobranchia
(||Pleu`ro*bran"chi*a) n.; pl. Pleuroeranchiæ [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Pleurobranch.
Pleurocarp
(Pleu"ro*carp) n. [Pleuro- + Gr. fruit.] (Bot.) Any pleurocarpic moss.
Pleurocarpic
(Pleu`ro*car"pic Pleu`ro*car"pous) a. (Bot.) Side-fruited; — said of those true mosses in
which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; — opposed to acrocarpous.
Pleurocentrum
(||Pleu`ro*cen"trum) n. [NL. see Pleuro-, and Centrum.] (Anat.) One of the lateral
elements in the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.
Pleuroderes
(||Pleu*rod"e*res) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. the side + the neck.] (Zoöl.) A group of fresh-water
turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is
an example.
Pleurodont
(Pleu"ro*dont) a. [Pleuro- + Gr. a tooth.] (Anat.) Having the teeth consolidated with the
inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.
Pleurodont
(Pleu"ro*dont), n. (Zoöl.) Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.
Pleurodynia
(||Pleu`ro*dyn"i*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. side + pain.] (Med.) A painful affection of the side, simulating
pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
Pleuron
(||Pleu"ron) n.; pl. Pleura [NL., fr. Gr. a rib.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the sides of an animal. (b)
One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect. (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
Pleuronectoid
(Pleu`ro*nec"toid) a. [NL. Pleuronectes, name of a genus (fr. Gr. rib + a swimmer) + -
oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Pleuronectidæ, or Flounder family.
Pleuropericardial
(Pleu`ro*per`i*car"di*al) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.
Pleuroperipneumony
(Pleu`ro*per`ip*neu"mo*ny) n. [Pleuro- + peripneumony.] (Med.) Pleuropneumonia.
Pleuroperitoneal
(Pleu`ro*per`i*to*ne"al) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes
or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.
Pleuroperitoneum
(Pleu`ro*per`i*to*ne"um) n. [Pleuro- + peritoneum.] (Anat.) The pleural and peritoneal
membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the
peritoneum; — used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
Peritoneum is now often used in the sense of pleuroperitoneum, the pleuræ being regarded as a part of
the peritoneum, when the body cavity is undivided.
Pleuropneumonia
(Pleu`ro*pneu*mo"ni*a) n. [Pleuro- + pneumonia.] (Med.) Inflammation of the
pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung
plague of cattle.
