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Pleural vs Celoma - What's the difference?

pleural | celoma |

As an adjective pleural

is of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.

As a noun celoma is

(anatomy) a cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities.

pleural

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
  • Thin and transparent.

    • Derived terms

    * pleural cavity * pleural lobe

    celoma

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities

    • Derived terms

    * celomatic ----