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(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax..
[…] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;
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Pleuretic means (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax..
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[…] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;
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