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• a  of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax
  pleural muscles

• In the partial vacuum of those pleural cavities the lungs expand and collapse, expand and collapse with each breath.
• They soon determined that it was hidden in a region filed the pleural arch near the base of the flea's hind legs.
• Tubercular lungs struggle to fill their pleural compartments; they get no opportunity to rest and heal the sores that tuberculosis germs are eating into their tissues.

News & Articles

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• Potential new target to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma
  Researchers conclude that Ephrin B2 seems to play an important role in malignant pleural mesothelioma cell lines and tumors.
  July 25, 2013 - Science Daily
• Researchers find potential new target to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma
  ( International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer ) In the September issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's journal, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, researchers conclude that Ephrin B2 seems to play an important role in malignant pleural mesothelioma cell lines and tumors.
  July 25, 2013 - EurekAlert!