Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated beneath the outer or attached side of the pleura.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated under the pleural membrane.
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- adjective anatomy Situated under the
pleural membrane .
Etymologies
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Examples
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These trunks run forward in the subpleural tissue and the upper six open separately into the sternal glands or into the vessels which unite them; those of the lower spaces unite to form a single trunk which terminates in the lowest of the sternal glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The anterior mediastinal, pericardial, and sternal branches, together with some twigs from the pericardiacophrenic, anastomose with branches from the intercostal and bronchial arteries, and form a subpleural mediastinal plexus.
VI. The Arteries. 4. The Arteries of the Upper Extremity. a. The Subclavian Artery 1918
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(B) CT scan at the level of main stem bronchi shows multiple cavitating and noncavitating nodules mainly in the subpleural and peribronchovascular regions.
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Rheumatoid lung • subpleural necrobiotic nodule in the left lung and pneumothorax; thorax drain 'in situ
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Rheumatoid lung • subpleural necrobiotic nodule in the left lung and pneumothorax; thorax drain 'in situ
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The most common chest x-ray finding is bilateral, patchy subpleural air-space opacities (69%), which can mimic lung masses.
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