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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries纵隔
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zòng gé
"CT扫描显示他的纵隔部位有异常阴影。"
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The central compartment of the thoracic cavity situated between the pleural sacs containing the heart, great vessels, esophagus, trachea, and major nerves.
"The chest X-ray revealed a widening of the mediastinum, prompting further diagnostic imaging." - 2
In anatomical terminology generally, a septum or partition dividing an organ or cavity.
"The mediastinum testis serves as the structural partition within the testicle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Medieval Latin word 'mediastinus', meaning 'halfway' or 'middle', which itself stems from Latin 'medius' (middle). Anatomically coined in medical Latin to describe the septum or partition situated in the middle of the thoracic cavity.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Mediastinum"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Mediastinum" is said worldwide
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médiastin
Transliteration: /me.djas.tɛ̃/
"La tumeur est située dans le médiastin."
Mediastinum
Transliteration: /mediasˈtiːnʊm/
"Das Mediastinum enthält das Herz und die großen Blutgefäße."
mediastino
Transliteration: /me.djaˈsti.no/
"La radiografia mostrava un allargamento del mediastino."
mediastino
Transliteration: /me.ðjasˈti.no/
"El mediastino es el compartimento central de la cavidad torácica."
mediastino
Transliteration: /me.dʒjasˈtʃi.nu/
"O mediastino abriga o coração e grandes vasos."
मध्यवक्ष
Transliteration: madhyavaksh
"मध्यवक्ष छाती की गुहा का केंद्रीय भाग है।"
纵隔
Transliteration: zòng gé
"CT扫描显示他的纵隔部位有异常阴影。"
종격
Transliteration: jong-gyeok
"종격은 흉강의 중앙 구역을 가리킵니다."
縦隔
Transliteration: jūkaku
"縦隔には心臓や大血管が含まれています。"
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