- pleuroparietopexy
- pleu·ro·pa·ri·e·to·pexy (ploor″o-pə-riґə-to-pek″se) [pleuro- + parieto- + -pexy] fixation of the visceral pleura to the parietal pleura, thus binding the lung to the chest wall. See also pleurodesis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
pleuroparietopexy
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pneumonopexy — Fixation of the lung by suturing the parietal and visceral pleurae or otherwise causing adhesion of the two layers. SYN: pneumopexy. [G. pneumon, lung, + pexis, fixation] * * * pneu·mo·no·pexy (noo moґno pek″se) [pneumono + pexy] surgical… … Medical dictionary
