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latifundist (iou) and suprapleural membrane (medicine)


latifundist (iou)



latifundist noun. . M20.
[Spanish latifundista, from latifundio: see LATIFUNDIUM, -IST.]
The owner of a latifundium in Spain or Latin America.

suprapleural membrane (medicine)


suprapleural membrane


The thickened portion of endothoracic fascia extending over the cupola of the pleura and reinforcing it; it attaches to the inner border of the first rib and to the transverse process of the seventh cervical vertebra.

Synonym: membrana suprapleuralis, Sibson's aponeurosis, Sibson's fascia.