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mediastine

mediastine


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mediastine  \Me`di*as"tine\,  Mediastinum  \Me`di*as*ti"num\,  n. 
  [NL.  mediastinum,  fr  L.  medius  middle;  cf  mediastinus 
  helper,  a  menial  servant,  LL  mediastinus  equiv.  to  medius: 
  cf  F.  m['e]diastin.]  (Anat.) 
  A  partition;  a  septum;  specifically,  the  folds  of  the  pleura 
  (and  the  space  included  between  them)  which  divide  the  thorax 
  into  a  right  and  left  cavity.  The  space  included  between 
  these  folds  of  the  pleura,  called  the  mediastinal  space, 
  contains  the  heart  and  gives  passage  to  the  esophagus  and 
  great  blood  vessels.