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Definition of Mediastinum

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

Definition of Mediastinum

1. Noun. (anatomy) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs. ¹

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Definition of Mediastinum

1. [n -NA]

Medical Definition of Mediastinum

1. The space in the thoracic cavity behind the sternum and in between the two pleural sacs (containing the lungs). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mediastinum

Literary usage of Mediastinum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"THE mediastinum. The superior mediastinum is that portion of the ... The mediastinum is the space left in the median portion of the chest by the non- ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"A Case of Dermoid Cyst of the mediastinum, AM. Joun. MED. Sc., 1900, cxx, 64. 42. ... Madelung, OW Ueber Extirpation eines Dermoid des mediastinum ..."

3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1869)
"As the mediastinum contains parts of great importance anatomically and to the physician, ... The mediastinum is to be considered both longitudinally and ..."

4. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie, James Wardrop (1833)
"Diseases of the Anterior mediastinum. BY the Anterior mediastinum, is meant the space enclosed between the laminae of the pleura, which pass from the ..."

5. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"ceive that the right pleura passes from the back of the sternum to form the side of the anterior mediastinum, and arriving at the forepart of the ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Of or pertaining to a mediastinum or middle septum or partition, particularly that of ... Inflammation of the proper tissue of the mediastinum. mediastinum ..."

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