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  • 'Pleura' is the sac that houses the lungs within a thin membrane called mesothelium.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • The friend in question died of a consumption, and Sir Thomas recapitulates his disease, symptoms and death; contrasting each feature with the celebrated examples of history; moralising and discussing the opinions of the ancients upon these points as he goes along; and showing by his own experience that a man 'after a cough of almost fifty years, in whom all the lobes adhered unto the Pleura,' might yet die of stone in the bladder.

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

  • This is inflammation of the Pleura of one or both lungs, generally confined to one side.

    An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time

  • When Inflammation occurs in structures which are likely to be put in motion by the normal processes of the economy, as the Peritoneum, the Pleura, the Alimentary Canal, &c.,

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863

  • 127: Pleura He seized a heavy metal screw-driver and moved purposefully back into the front compartment.

    Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966

  • Lungs: Bronchi: Alveoli: Diaphramn: Visceral Pleura:

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Lungs: Bronchi: Alveoli: Diaphramn: Visceral Pleura:

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Kelliott 2009

  • Genome-Wide Profile of Pleural Mesothelioma versus Parietal and Visceral Pleura: The Emerging Gene Portrait of the Mesothelioma Phenotype Protein Kinase Cδ Stimulates Proteasome-Dependent Degradation of C/EBPα during Apoptosis Induction of Leukemic Cells HIV-1 Matrix Dependent Membrane Targeting Is Regulated by Gag mRNA Trafficking Elites TV Exclusive: "The Truth about Rapper Dolla and Aubrey Berry."

    Elites TV 2009

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