Usually means: Space between lungs and chest.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word pleural cavity:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. pleural cavity: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. pleural cavity: Vocabulary.com
  3. pleural cavity: Wiktionary
  4. pleural cavity: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. pleural cavity: Dictionary.com
  6. Pleural cavity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. pleural cavity: Rhymezone
  8. pleural cavity: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pleural cavity: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. pleural cavity: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pleural cavity: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. pleural cavity: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Pleural cavity: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  7. pleural cavity: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. pleural cavity: Medical dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pleural cavity)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae.

Similar:
pleura, parietal pleura, pleuroperitoneum, visceral pleura, pulmonary pleura, thoracic cavity, chest cavity, pleurectomy, haemal cavity, pleural lobe, more...

Opposite:
mediastinum, pericardial cavity, abdominal cavity

Types:
right, left, more...

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Similar:
pleura, parietal pleura, pleuroperitoneum, visceral pleura, pulmonary pleura, thoracic cavity, chest cavity, pleurectomy, haemal cavity, pleural lobe, more...

Opposite:
mediastinum, pericardial cavity, abdominal cavity

Types:
right, left, more...



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