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MEDIASTINUM (mediastina)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mediastinum mean?
• MEDIASTINUM (noun)
The noun MEDIASTINUM has 1 sense:
1. the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus
Familiarity information: MEDIASTINUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("mediastinum" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Holonyms ("mediastinum" is a part of...):
chest cavity; thoracic cavity (the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart)
Context examples
The results of the positron emission tomography are negative; the tracer uptake is greater than the mediastinum but less than or equal to the liver.
(London Deauville Criteria Point Scale 3, NCI Thesaurus)
The results of the positron emission tomography are negative; the tracer uptake is less than or equal to the mediastinum.
(London Deauville Criteria Point Scale 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the mediastinum.
(Infectious Mediastinitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
An acute or chronic infectious process affecting the mediastinum.
(Infectious Mediastinitis, NCI Thesaurus)
The spread of cancer to the mediastinum from an adjacent or distant anatomic site.
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Mediastinum, NCI Thesaurus)
The broadest part of the lower portion of the mediastinum.
(Middle Mediastinum, NCI Thesaurus)
A lymph node located adjacent to the trachea within the mediastinum.
(Paratracheal Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)
It arises from midline epithelial structures, most commonly the head, neck, and mediastinum.
(NUT Midline Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the structures of the mediastinum.
(Non-Neoplastic Mediastinal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
It occurs in the ovary, testis, and extragonadal sites including central nervous system and mediastinum.
(Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
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