средостение

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Russian

Etymology

From Latin mediastinum

Pronunciation

Noun

средосте́ние (sredosténijen inan (genitive средосте́ния, nominative plural средосте́ния, genitive plural средосте́ний)

  1. Mediastinum; a membranous cavity between two other organs; the space between two lungs
  2. (figurative) The center or heart of something; lying between two things.
    • 2004, Игорь Изборцев , Да любите друг друга , Санкт-Петербург: Статись, page 48:
      Место средостения неба и земли
      Mesto sredostenija neba i zemli
      The place of meeting/mediastinum of Heaven and Earth

Declension

References

  1. ^ “Oxford Dictionary of Biology” , 6th edition, s.v. “mediastinum”