pleural cavity

noun

1. a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleural cavity¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

There are three main cavities in the body: one around the heart, the abdominal cavity, and the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs.

From Science Daily

So she came up with her own, less invasive design—a “biological Velcro” that would leverage the inner mechanisms of proteins to bind her brother’s outer lungs to his pleural cavity.

From Scientific American

When I was helped up, every nerve cried, and the wound in my side, which had been opened to drain the pus from the pleural cavity, pained horribly.

From Literature

The pleural cavities often contain some opaque, muddy, sero-purulent fluid, mixed with blood and having masses of lymph floating in it.

From Project Gutenberg

Stoll did not hesitate in his clinic, on the strength of what was discovered by means of percussion, to attempt the evacuation of fluid from the pleural cavity on a number of occasions.

From Project Gutenberg