~ PLEURA  id+ | RIB |
          biol> THE PLEURA IS A MEMBRANE
  ATTACHED TO THE RIBS and to THE LUNGS
  gr PLEURON = RIBS         see> BREATH
  note sug> COSTAL  sug> COAST  sug> COAST SIDE
  med> denotes an INFLAMMATION WHICH OFTEN CAUSES
       PAIN IN THE SIDE or COSTAL DISCOMFORT
  THE PLEURA IS A MEMBRANE LINING
  THE THORACCIC CAVITY or RIBS and
  THE LUNGS AND CREATING A VIRTUAL SPACE
  BETWEEN THE CHEST WALL AND
  THE LUNG or PULMONARY TISSUES    see> PULMO
  WHEN LUNGS ARE PUNCTURED
  THE PLEURAL CAVITY MAY FILL WITH AIR
  as in PNEUMOTHORAX       see> PNEUMO
  INFLAMMATION or PLEURISY MAY FILL
  THE CAVITY WITH FLUID    sug> PLEURITIS
  biol> PLEURODONT are a
        TYPE OF TEETH in some LIZARDS

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