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fibrothorax (fi″bro-thorĀ“aks) adhesion of the two layers of pleura, so that the lung is covered by a thick layer of stiff fibrous tissue (dry pleurisy; see pleurisy). It is often a consequence of traumatic hemothorax or of pleural effusion.
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