Medical Definition of Pleurolysis

1. Locating pleural adhesions by the aid of an endoscope and then dividing them with the electric cautery. Origin: pleuro-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleurolysis

pleurodeses
pleurodesis
pleurodire
pleurodires
pleurodont
pleurodonts
pleurodynia
pleurodynias
pleuroesophageal line
pleuroesophageal muscle
pleurogenic
pleurogenous
pleurography
pleurohepatitis
pleurolith
pleurolysis (current term)
pleuron
pleuronectoid
pleuropericardial
pleuropericardial canals
pleuropericardial fold
pleuropericardial hiatus
pleuropericardial membrane
pleuropericardial murmur
pleuropericarditis
pleuroperipneumonies
pleuroperipneumony
pleuroperitoneal
pleuroperitoneal canal
pleuroperitoneal cavity

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