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MEDIASTINAL

Definition: MEDIASTINAL

MEDIASTINAL

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: MEDIASTINAL

Specialty definitions using "MEDIASTINAL": Aortic Aneurysm, ThoracicMammary Arteries, Mediastinal Diseases, Mediastinal Emphysema, Mediastinal NeoplasmsPericarditis, TuberculousThoracic Arteries. (references)

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Commercial Usage: MEDIASTINAL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors and Pseudotumors (reference)

  • Mediastinal Surgery (reference)

  • Mediastinal Tumors Update 1995 (reference)

  • Mediastinal Tumours: An Atlas of Histopathological Diagnosis (reference)

  • The radiological diagnosis of lung and mediastinal tumours (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: MEDIASTINAL

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Photomicrograph of mediastinal lymph node from a Cynomolgus monkey ( Macaca fascicularis ) with inhalation anthrax, demonstrating severe hemorrhagic necrosis. Giemsa stain, Mag. 20x.Credit: CDC.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MEDIASTINAL

"MEDIASTINAL" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MEDIASTINAL" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%1493,893

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: MEDIASTINAL

Expressions using "MEDIASTINAL": Mediastinal Cyst Mediastinal Diseases Mediastinal Emphysema Mediastinal Neoplasms. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MEDIASTINAL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  mediastinal syndrome

18

  adenopathy mediastinal

14

  mediastinal

12

  mediastinal mass

11

  lymphadenopathy mediastinal

10

  lymph mediastinal node

8

  mediastinal tumor

5

  canine lymphoma mediastinal

4

  mediastinal cyst

3

  mediastinal widening

3

  mediastinal emphysema

2

  mediastinal node

2

  mediastinal shift

2

  adenopathy hilar mediastinal

2

  lymphoma mediastinal

2

  cyst mediastinal posterior

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: MEDIASTINAL

Language Translations for "MEDIASTINAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

mediastinalvindue (mediastinal window), mediastinal tumor (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), mediastinal svulst (mediastinal tumour), mediastinal struma (mediastinal goitre), mediastinal pleurit (mediastinal pleurisy), spontant mediastinalt emfysem (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), spontant interstitielt lungeemfysem (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), lymphonodi mediastinales ventrales (posterior mediastinal lymph glands), lymfekirtel i mediastinum (mediastinal lymph node), inspiratorisk mediastinalt emfysem (inspiratory mediastinal emphysema), hernia mediastinalis (mediastinal hernia). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mediastrumgezwel (mediastinal tumour), mediastinale tumor (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), mediastinaal venster (mediastinal window), ziekte van Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), teken van Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), syndroom van Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), lymfklier aan het borstvlies (mediastinal lymph node). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mediastinaalituumori (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), välikarsinakasvain (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), välikarsinaikkuna (mediastinal window). (various references)

   

French

  

tumeur médiastinale (mediastinal tumour), tumeur du médiastin (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), syndrome de Hamman (Hamman mediastinal emphysema), pleurésie médiastinale (mediastinal pleurisy), lymphonodus mediastinalis (mediastinal lymph node), hernie médiastinale (mediastinal hernia), goitre médiastinal (mediastinal goitre), ganglions médiastinaux postérieurs (posterior mediastinal lymph glands), ganglion médiastinal (mediastinal lymph node), fenêtre médiastinale (mediastinal window), emphysème médiastinal spontané de Hamman (Hamman mediastinal emphysema). (various references)

   

German

  

Mediastinalgeschwulst (mediastinal tumour), Struma mediastinalis (mediastinal goitre), Spannungsmediastinum (inspiratory mediastinal emphysema), Pleuritis mediastinalis (mediastinal pleurisy), Nodi lymphatici mediastinales anteriores (posterior mediastinal lymph glands), Lymphonodi m.ventrales (posterior mediastinal lymph glands), Lymphoglandulae m.a. (posterior mediastinal lymph glands), Lymphknoten im Mittelfell (mediastinal lymph node), Hernia mediastinalis (mediastinal hernia), Hamman-Syndrom (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), Computertomographie des Mediastinums (mediastinal window). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όγκος του μεσαυλίου (mediastinal tumour), όγκος του μεσοθωρακίου (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), μεσοπνευμόνιος πλευρίτις (mediastinal pleurisy), μεσοπνευμόνιο γάγγλιο (mediastinal lymph node), μεσοπνευμονίτις (mediastinal pleurisy), μεσοθωρακική κήλη (mediastinal hernia), μεσοθωρακική θυρίδα (mediastinal window). (various references)

   

Italian

  

malattia di Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), tumore del mediastino (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), pleurite mediastinica (mediastinal pleurisy), linfonodo mediastinico (mediastinal lymph node), linfonodi mediastinici anteriori (posterior mediastinal lymph glands), finestra mediastinica (mediastinal window), ernia mediastinale (mediastinal hernia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ediastinalmay

   

Portuguese

  

tumor mediastínico (mediastinal tumour), síndrome de Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), pleurisia mediastínica (mediastinal pleurisy), hérnia mediastinal (mediastinal hernia), gânglio mediastinal (mediastinal lymph node), enfisema mediastinal espontâneo de Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), enfisema mediastínico inspiratório (inspiratory mediastinal emphysema). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ventana mediastínica (mediastinal window), tumor mediastinal (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), tumor mediastínico (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), tumor del mediastino (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), tumor de mediastino (mediastinal tumor, mediastinal tumour), síndrome de Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema), pleuresía mediastínica (mediastinal pleurisy), hernia mediastina (mediastinal hernia), ganglio mediastínico (mediastinal lymph node), enfisema mediastínico de Hamman (Hamman disease, Hamman mediastinal emphysema). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: MEDIASTINAL

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

lymphonodus mediastinalis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Rhyming with "MEDIASTINAL"

Words rhyming with "MEDIASTINAL" (pronounced 'Me`di*as*ti"nal'): Adrenal, Affinal, Anal, Annal, Antennal, Asternal, Autumnal, Binal, Caninal, Carnal, Cerebro-spinal, Coeternal, Crinal, final, fraternal, Gastroduodenal, Geanticlinal, Geosynclinal, hibernal, hymnal, Infraspinal, Infrasternal, lienal, Lucernal, maternal, matutinal, Mesosternal, Metasternal, Monoclinal, Omosternal, Paludinal, Paraphernal, Paternal, Penal, Phonal, Piperonal, Plenal, Postanal, Prespinal, Prorenal, Prorhinal, Ranal, Regnal, renal, rhinal, Semidiurnal, sempiternal, Siphorhinal, spinal, sternal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MEDIASTINAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-l-m-n-s-t"

-1 letter: almandites, mediastina, nialamides.

-2 letters: almandite, analities, diamantes, disentail, dismantle, laminated, laminates, nialamide.

-3 letters: adamsite, adenitis, ailments, alienism, alienist, aliments, amentias, amidines, animated, animates, antimale, dainties, dalesman, delimits, dentalia, diamante, diamines, diastema, idealism, idealist, laminate, leadsman, limiteds, litanies, mainsail, maladies, mandates, manliest, matildas, medalist, mediants, melanist, midlines, miladies, misdealt, sialidan, smaltine, staminal, talesman, talisman.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-l-m-n-s-t"
 

+2 letters: administrable, delaminations, maladminister, unassimilated.

 

+3 letters: maladministers.

 

+4 letters: decimalizations, demoralizations, maladministered, melodramatising.

 

+5 letters: administratively, deglamorizations, fundamentalistic, maladministering, transilluminated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MEDIASTINAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 45 44 49 41 53 54 49 4E 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "MEDIASTINAL"


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