Midlung

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The nexus of an individual lung

    "In a patient with lobar pneumonia with right posterior midlung consolidation, bronchial breath sounds are heard over the right posterior midlung field, located over the seventh and eight intercostal spaces along the vertebral column."

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"In a patient with lobar pneumonia with right posterior midlung consolidation, bronchial breath sounds are heard over the right posterior midlung field, located over the seventh and eight intercostal spaces along the vertebral column."

Etymology

From mid- + lung.

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