PLEURAL CAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pleural cavity mean? 

• PLEURAL CAVITY (noun)
  The noun PLEURAL CAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart

  Familiarity information: PLEURAL CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEURAL CAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pleural cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "pleural cavity"):

pleura (the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest)

 Context examples 

A collection of blood in the pleural cavity.

(Hemothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by bleeding from the pleural cavity.

(Hemothorax, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Administration of a drug within the pleural cavity.

(Intrapleural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells function to secrete the lubricant lining the pleural cavity.

(Parietal Pleura, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormal communication between a bronchus and the pleural cavity.

(Bronchopleural Fistula, NCI Thesaurus)

The classic example is the pyothorax-associated lymphoma that arises in the pleural cavity of patients with a history of long standing pyothorax.

(Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Associated with Chronic Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an abnormal communication between a bronchus and the pleural cavity.

(Bronchopleural Fistula, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A disorder characterized by milky pleural effusion (abnormal collection of fluid) resulting from accumulation of lymph fluid in the pleural cavity.

(Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A milky pleural effusion resulting from accumulation of lymph fluid in the pleural cavity.

(Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

Within the pleural cavity.

(Intrapleural, NCI Dictionary)