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mediastinum

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mediastinum [‚mē·dē·ə′stī·nəm]
(anatomy)
A partition separating adjacent parts.
The space in the middle of the chest between the two pleurae.


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It is characterized by the finding of multiple rests of hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue in the neck and mediastinum.
respiratory symptoms or widened mediastinum seen on chest radiograph).
VERSION 1: "You have a lesion in your mediastinum that is two centimeters.
 
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