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Mesial vs Pleura - What's the difference?

mesial | pleura |

As an adjective mesial

is pertaining to the middle line of the body.

As a noun pleura is

(anatomy) the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.

mesial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • pertaining to the middle line of the body
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce),
    • His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!
  • (dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

    • Antonyms

    * (dentistry) distal

    Coordinate terms

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    pleura

    English

    (wikipedia pleura)

    Noun

    (pleurae)
  • (anatomy) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
  • English plurals

    • Meronyms

    * parietal pleura * visceral pleura

    Derived terms

    * pleural * pleuretic * pleurisy * cervical pleura * costal pleura * diaphragmatic pleura * mediastinal pleura * parietal pleura * visceral pleura