Noun (thing)
    
  
    Pleuropexy  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        an operation to repair the film covering the lungs        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      As the lung membrane was damaged, a pleuropexy was performed to repair it.