mediastinal
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9.1
- adjective
- /ˌmiːdiəˈstaɪnəl/
- Specialized
- Of the 15 patients with mediastinal involvement, only 4 underwent cervicotomy alone.
- mediastinal goiter
- mediastinal mass
- mediastinal emphysema
Examples
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The classic presenting signs include pain in the neck or substernal area, subcutaneous or mediastinal emphysema, and fever.
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The overall mortality rate for CCNF without mediastinal extension has been reported to range from 0 to 10%.
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In addition, patient 4 later developed both a retropharyngeal and a mediastinal abscess.
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During the workup, he was detected to have a mediastinal mass on a chest radiograph.
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Operative blood loss was negligible, so mediastinal drains may not be necessary.
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There was no evidence of capsular invasion or microscopic foci in the mediastinal fat.
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After the removal of the sternal wires, severe suppurative mediastinal infection was confirmed.
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Both imaging modalities will show gas outlining mediastinal structures and air streaking in the chest wall or neck.
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Other authors have reported that early thoracotomy to drain septic mediastinal fluid reduces mortality.
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The doctors found a mediastinal mass during the patient's chest scan, which raised concerns about possible complications.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
mediastinal = mediastinum (opaque) = mediastinum + al
The word is formed with the adjectival suffix '-al', but the base noun is a technical anatomical term that most B1 learners would not know well enough to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The word mediastinal comes from the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', and from mediastinum, the name for the space in the chest between the lungs. So mediastinal describes something that is in or comes from the 'middle' area of the chest.