midlung
English
Etymology
mid- + lung
Noun
midlung (plural midlungs)
- (anatomy) The nexus of an individual lung
- 2009, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, 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.
- 2009, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, page 137