midlung

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English

Etymology

mid- +‎ lung

Noun

midlung (plural midlungs)

  1. (anatomy) The nexus of an individual lung
    • 2009, Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 137:
      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.