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6-letter words (1 found)

PLEURA,

5-letter words (10 found)

ALURE,LEPRA,PALER,PAREU,PARLE,PEARL,PELAU,PULER,REPLA,UREAL,

4-letter words (29 found)

APER,ARLE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAP,LEAR,LERP,LURE,PALE,PARE,PAUL,PEAL,PEAR,PELA,PLEA,PLUE,PRAU,PUER,PULA,PULE,PURE,PURL,RALE,RAPE,REAL,REAP,RULE,UREA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ALE,ALP,ALU,APE,ARE,AUE,EAR,EAU,ERA,LAP,LAR,LEA,LEP,LEU,LUR,PAL,PAR,PEA,PEL,PER,PLU,PRE,PUL,PUR,RAP,REP,RUE,ULE,URE,URP,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,PA,PE,RE,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from pleura according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pleura

pleura

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplʊə.ɹə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplʊɹ.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura.

Noun

pleura (plural pleurae)

  1. (anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
    Meronyms: cervical pleura, costal pleura, diaphragmatic pleura, mediastinal pleura, parietal pleura, visceral pleura
  2. (zootomy) A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
Derived terms
  • pleural
  • pleuretic
  • pulmonary pleura
Related terms
  • pleurisy
Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pleura

  1. plural of pleuron

References

  • “pleura”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “pleura”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • epural, perula

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pleura

  1. third-person singular past historic of pleurer

Anagrams

  • pâleur

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”).

Noun

pleura f (plural pleure)

  1. (anatomy) pleura

Related terms

Anagrams

  • lupare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ (pleurā́, “a rib, a side of something”).

Pronunciation

  • pleura: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpleu̯.ra/, [ˈplɛːu̯rä]
  • pleurā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpleu̯.ra/, [ˈplɛːu̯rä]

Noun

pleura f (genitive pleurae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. (anatomy) The pleura.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • → English: pleura
  • → French: pleura
  • → Italian: pleura
  • → Portuguese: pleura
  • → Spanish: pleura

Noun

pleurā f

  1. ablative singular of pleura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pleu‧ra

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

  1. (anatomy) pleura (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpleuɾa/ [ˈpleu̯.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -euɾa
  • Syllabification: pleu‧ra

Noun

pleura f (plural pleuras)

  1. (anatomy) pleura

Further reading

  • “pleura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org