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Mediastinum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In anatomy, a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or between two paired cavities of the body; especially, the membranous partition separating the right and left thoracic cavities, formed of the two inner pleural walls.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus

Word Usage

"SATCHER: Well, the spores get into the lungs and they end up in the lymph nodes, in the chest, what we call the mediastinum (ph)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cavum cavity bodily cavity

Cross Reference

middle mediastinum anterior mediastinum posterior mediastinum superior mediastinum mediastinum testis

Variant

mediastina

Form

mediastinotomy mediastinal mediastitis mediastinoscopy

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