pleural cavity

1. 1.

   the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart

   Broadercavity

   Partspleura

Questions about pleural cavity

What does pleural cavity mean?

pleural cavity means "the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart".

Is pleural cavity a common word?

pleural cavity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.