MIDLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midline mean? 

• MIDLINE (noun)
  The noun MIDLINE has 1 sense:

1. the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)

  Familiarity information: MIDLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The median plane of the body (or some part of the body)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

midline; midplane

Hypernyms ("midline" is a kind of...):

plane; sheet ((mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in a rare translocation t(15;9)(q14;q34) with the C15orf55 gene that is associated with a rare, aggressive, and lethal carcinoma arising in midline organs of young people.

(BRD3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A fibrous band at the midline linking the first ring of the trachea with the cricoid cartilage.

(Cricotracheal Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with a rare, aggressive, and lethal carcinoma arising in midline organs of young people.

(BRD4/C15orf55 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Situated farthest from a point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone; or directed away from the midline of the body.

(Distal, NCI Thesaurus)

A fissure in the midline of the anterior surface of the spinal cord.

(Anterior Median Fissure of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

“Very few cancers can be treated by a single drug,” said Monje, a senior author of the study who treats children with DIPG and other diffuse midline gliomas.

(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)

It presents with multiple symmetrical hypopigmented or depigmented patches of skin and a midline patch of white hair.

(Piebaldism, NCI Thesaurus)

Midline-1 (667 aa, ~75 kDa) is encoded by the human MID1 gene.

(Midline-1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes midline-1 protein, plays a role in the modulation of microtubule organization.

(MID1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The hemispheric projection, including the mammary gland, located on the anterior portion of the chest, lateral to the midline, on the side of the body to the west when facing north.

(Left Breast, NCI Thesaurus)