midline
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- noun
- /ˈmɪdˌlaɪn/
- Specialized
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línea media
- It's bilateral, but most of the axons never cross the midline, OK?
- midline crossing
- midline granuloma
- body midline
So people will lay down more fat and increase their weight without changing their their lifestyle, especially in the midline because their bodies saying give me some oestrogen.
- So people will lay down more fat and increase their weight without changing their their lifestyle, especially in the midline because their bodies saying give me some oestrogen.
Examples
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The cleft lip in all reported cases of OFD-I has been in the midline (Figure 2).
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The patient is left with an unobtrusive vertical scar that heals in the midline of the forehead.
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The trachea was in the midline, and breath sounds were clear.
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This brain image shows us a midline tumor, extending on both sides into the frontal lobes.
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Two other pairs of electrodes were placed on the upper abdomen near the midline, just below the ribs.
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Patients typically present with a painless midline swelling below the hyoid bone.
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Two patients underwent bilateral cervicotomy via two small incisions at the midline of the neck.
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This patient has an inoperable frontal lobe tumor extending across the midline.
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Once the thymic primordia merge at the midline, the thymic epithelium develops into lobules separated by mesenchymal septa.
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Position your cheek near the patient's mouth and look down the midline of the chest.
Synonyms
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A line that divides a shape or road into two equal parts through its middle
An imaginary flat surface that divides the body into equal left and right halves
A line or plane that divides something into two equal parts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word midline is made of mid- meaning 'middle', as in midday or midnight, and line meaning 'a long, thin mark', so it names the line in the middle of the body that divides left and right halves.