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Definition of Midline
1. Noun. The median plane of the body (or some part of the body).
Definition of Midline
1. Noun. (anatomy medicine) The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other. ¹
2. Noun. (typography) The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Midline
1. a median line [n -S]
Medical Definition of Midline
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Midline
Literary usage of Midline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. White and Martin's Genito-urinary surgery and venereal diseases by James William White (1918)
"Handle carried to the midline. ntly put on the stretch, care being taken to keep
the dorsum towards the abdominal wall, so as to avoid making twists in the ..."
2. Optimality: The Second Erich L. Lehmann Symposium by Javier Rojo (2006)
"The midline and an obvious "end" point in each image will be used as our landmarks
... Perform a rigid transformation based on the midline, by rotation and ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"Increased vocal resonance midline of scapula to base of left lung. ... Shadow to
third interspace right side anteriorly and midline scapula posteriorly. ..."
4. On the Physiology of the Semicircular Canals and Their Relation to Seasickness by Joseph Grandson Byrne (1912)
"Pyramid of middle lobe (pyramis vermis) to left of midline. 6. ... Upper vermiform
process at its anterior extremity in midline. 11. ..."
5. Operative Surgery by John Shelton Horsley (1921)
"The incision begins slightly to the inner side of the midline about four inches
above the patella and extends downward over the patella slightly to the ..."
6. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1920)
"The posterior branches run backward and are distributed to the soft parts lying
on either side of the midline. To block the nerves of the back, ..."
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