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Membrane vs Pleurodesis - What's the difference?

membrane | pleurodesis |

As nouns the difference between membrane and pleurodesis

is that membrane is membrane while pleurodesis is (surgery|medicine) the production of adhesions between the outer wall of the lungs and its surrounding membrane.

membrane

English

(wikipedia membrane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
  • A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
  • A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

    • Derived terms

    * neomembrane

    pleurodesis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pleurodesis) (pleurodeses)
  • (surgery, medicine) The production of adhesions between the outer wall of the lungs and its surrounding membrane