pleuretic

English

Adjective

pleuretic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII:

     […] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;

Related terms

• pleura