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Russian
Etymology
From Latin mediastinum
Pronunciation
Noun
средосте́ние • (sredosténije) n inan (genitive средосте́ния, nominative plural средосте́ния, genitive plural средосте́ний)
- Mediastinum; a membranous cavity between two other organs; the space between two lungs
- (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
- ^ “Oxford Dictionary of Biology” , 6th edition, s.v. “mediastinum”