Usually means: Space between lungs, contains organs.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. mediastinum: Merriam-Webster
  2. mediastinum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mediastinum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mediastinum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mediastinum: Vocabulary.com
  6. mediastinum: Wordnik
  7. mediastinum: Wiktionary
  8. mediastinum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. mediastinum: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. mediastinum: Dictionary.com
  11. Mediastinum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Mediastinum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. mediastinum: Rhymezone
  14. Mediastinum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. mediastinum: FreeDictionary.org
  16. mediastinum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. mediastinum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mediastinum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. mediastinum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Mediastinum: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Mediastinum: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Mediastinum: Anatomy of the Human Body
  8. Mediastinum: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  9. mediastinum: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. mediastinum: Medical dictionary
  11. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  12. Mediastinum: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mediastinum)

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

Similar:
mediastine, midchest, middle body, interstitium, midsection, midbody, midmyocardium, midregion, midventricle, intercostal, more...

Phrases:
posterior mediastinum, superior mediastinum, anterior mediastinum, middle mediastinum, Mediastinum testis, more...

Adjectives:
posterior, anterior, superior, upper, middle, right, lower, inferior, left, wide, entire

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Similar:
mediastine, midchest, middle body, interstitium, midsection, midbody, midmyocardium, midregion, midventricle, intercostal, more...

Phrases:
posterior mediastinum, superior mediastinum, anterior mediastinum, middle mediastinum, Mediastinum testis, more...

Adjectives:
posterior, anterior, superior, upper, middle, right, lower, inferior, left, wide, entire



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