Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
mediastinum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
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- noun anatomy
mediastinum
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Examples
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If any was so rash and full of temerity as to resist him to his face, then was it he did show the strength of his muscles, for without more ado he did transpierce him, by running him in at the breast, through the mediastine and the heart.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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If any was so rash and full of temerity as to resist him to his face, then was it he did show the strength of his muscles, for without more ado he did transpierce him, by running him in at the breast, through the mediastine and the heart.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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If any was so rash and full of temerity as to resist him to his face, then was it he did show the strength of his muscles, for without more ado he did transpierce him, by running him in at the breast, through the mediastine and the heart.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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