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“Pleural” or “Plural”

pleural / plural are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

pleural

  • adjectiveof or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax.

plural p·l·UH·r·ah·l

  • nounthe form of a word that is used to denote more than one.
  • adjectivecomposed of more than one member, set, or kind.
  • adjectivegrammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“pleural”

  • The pleural space, between the visceral and…
  • …Moore, 67, American performance artist, pleural pneumonia.
  • …he contracted pneumonia followed by pleural empyema.

“plural”

  • The term Zille (plural Zillen) is used for a…
  • Reichsminister (in German singular and plural; 'minister of the realm') was…
  • …are permanently housed (singular, herbarium; plural, herbaria).
  • …are known as Περιστεριώνες, Peristeriones (plural).
  • The Moon's maria (plural of mare) have fewer features…
  • …work concerned church involvement with plural marriage after the 1890 Manifesto,…
  • …as "airman" (singular) and "airmen" (plural) rather than "soldier".
  • Evgjit (from the plural form of Jevg: Jevgjit)
  • The last Reichsminister (plural) were imprisoned by Allied forces…
  • …listener inclusion/exclusion in the first-person plural pronoun.

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