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adjective

Median adj.

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

(Zool.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.

Median line.

(a)

(Anat.) Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body.

(b)

(Geom.) The line drawn from an angle of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side; any line having the nature of a diameter.

Median plane (Anat.), the mesial plane.

Median point (Geom.), the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect.

noun

Median n. (Geom.) A median line or point.

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Etymology of 'Median'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Instruments required C. The Application of Dressings D. Plantar Neurectomy History of the Operation Preparation of the Subject The Operation After-treatment E. Median Neurectomy F. Length of Rest after Neurectomy G. Sequelae of Neurectomy Liability of Pricked Foot going undetected Loss of Tone in the Non-sensitive Area Gelatinous Degeneration Chronic Oedema of the Leg Persistent Pruritus Fracture of the Bones Neuroma Reunion of the Divided Nerve ...

— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks

... median ring-like zone, being violet above the zone and white below. The spider-like veil shows very plainly in the specimen on the left in Figure 237. In the plant on the right is shown the tapering stem from the base to the apex. These plants were found ...

— The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and its Time of Growth • M. E. Hard

... true, it is a remarkable confirmation of the conservative tendency of woman. "I have thought for several years that woman was, in a general way, less dolichocephalic in dolichocephalic races, and less brachycephalic in brachycephalic races, and that she had a tendency to approach the typical median form of humanity."[36] The skin of woman is without exception of a lighter shade than that of man, even among the dark races. This cannot be due to less exposure, since the women and men are equally exposed among the uncivilized races, ...

— Sex and Society • William I. Thomas

... layer which becomes the lining of the intestine. Now this is a very peculiar origin for cartilage, and the notochord is a very strange cartilage even if we have not made a mistake in calling it cartilage at all. My best guess would be that it is simply a thickened portion of the upper median surface of the intestine to keep the "balls" of digesting nutriment or other hard particles in the intestine from "grinding" against the nerve-cord as they are crowded along in the process of digestion. Once started its elasticity would be a ...

— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler

... thee, O Queen, that I may refresh thy heart with the dew of his salutations. He sendeth thee likewise by me, even by me the lowest of his servants, Persian raiment, that thou, as befitteth the consort of the mightiest of all rulers, mayest approach the gates of the Achaemenidae in Median garments. These women whom thou seest are thy handmaidens, and only await thy bidding to transform thee from an Egyptian jewel ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

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