pleural

From pleura +‎ -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplʊɹ.əl/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
• Homophone: plural

pleural (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
2. Thin and transparent.

Carapace of Pseudemydura umbrina showing pleural

pleural (plural pleurals)

1. (zoology) An internal segment of the turtle carapace.

• “pleural”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pleural”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

pleural (feminine pleurale, masculine plural pleuraux, feminine plural pleurales)

1. pleural

• “pleural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French pleural.

pleural m or n (feminine singular pleurală, masculine plural pleurali, feminine and neuter plural pleurale)

1. pleural

From pleura +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pleuˈɾal/ [pleu̯ˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pleu‧ral

pleural m or f (masculine and feminine plural pleurales)

1. pleural

• “pleural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014