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MIDLINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The median plane of the body (or some part of the body)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("midline" is a kind of...):
plane; sheet ((mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape)
Context examples:
An intracranial venous sinus that lies in a midline location along the lower free border of the falx cerebri of the brain.
(Inferior Sagittal Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)
A surgical incision line that extends in a midline longitudinal axis of the uterus.
(Midline Longitudinal Uterine Incision, NCI Thesaurus)
That side of the tooth facing the midline.
(Mesial Surface, NCI Thesaurus)
An intracranial venous sinus that lies in a superior and midline location above the interhemispheric fissure along the superior border of the falx cerebri of the brain.
(Murine Superior Sagittal Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients often present with midfacial destructive lesions (lethal midline granuloma).
(Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It arises from midline epithelial structures, most commonly the head, neck, and mediastinum.
(NUT Midline Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The vast majority of cases are malignant lymphoproliferations affecting the midline of the face in patients with nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma.
(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Lethal Midline Granuloma, NCI Thesaurus)
The most severe form of holoprosencephaly in which there is a complete absence of midline forebrain division resulting in the presence of fused hemispheres and a single ventricle (alobar holoprosencephaly).
(Holoprosencephaly Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)
A small conical midline body attached to the posterior part of the third ventricle and lying between the superior colliculi, below the splenium of the corpus callosum.
(Murine Pineal Gland, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The response is characterized by the infant's arms symmetrically spreading out to the side and then back to the midline, and involuntarily flexion of the fingers and toes.
(Moro Reflex, NCI Thesaurus)
