PLEURAL SPACE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pleural space mean? 

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

1. the small potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of the pleura

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEURAL SPACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The small potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of the pleura

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))

 Context examples 

A collapsed lung happens when air enters the pleural space, the area between the lung and the chest wall.

(Collapsed Lung, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)