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midlung en · NOUN

Etymology

From mid- + lung.

Meanings

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

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