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'Pleura' is the sac that houses the lungs within a thin membrane called mesothelium.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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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
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This is inflammation of the Pleura of one or both lungs, generally confined to one side.
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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
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127: Pleura He seized a heavy metal screw-driver and moved purposefully back into the front compartment.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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Lungs: Bronchi: Alveoli: Diaphramn: Visceral Pleura:
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Lungs: Bronchi: Alveoli: Diaphramn: Visceral Pleura:
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Kelliott 2009
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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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