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Answer for the clue "Lung membrane ", 6 letters:
pleura

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Word definitions for pleura in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
See pleuron [also: pleurae (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pleura \Pleu"ra\, n., pl. of Pleuron .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., medical Latin, from Greek pleura "side of the body, rib," also "flank of an army, page of a book," of unknown origin.

Usage examples of pleura.

The edges of the diaphragm are firmly attached to the walls of the trunk, and the center is supported by the pericardium and the pleura.

Both the pericardium and left pleura were distended with fresh blood and large clots.

The wound itself was not very grave - pleura untouched - and extracting the marline-spike was no great matter, but it had driven a splinter of rib hard against a nerve, and withdrawing that was a delicate business.