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(ploor-EK-toh-mee)
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| Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity). |
Previous Definitions: | pleomorphic, plerixafor, pleura, pleural cavity, pleural effusion | Next Definitions: | pleurodesis, pleuropulmonary blastoma, plexiform neurofibroma, plexopathy, plicamycin |
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