pleurodesis

[ plu-rŏd′ĭ-sĭs ]

n.

The surgical creation of a fibrous adhesion between the visceral and parietal layers of the pleura, thus obliterating the pleural cavity.

Words nearby pleurodesis

pleurocarpous, pleurocele, pleurocentesis, pleurocentrum, pleuroclysis, pleurodesis, pleurodont, pleurodynia, pleuroesophageal muscle, pleurogenic, pleurogenous