Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midlung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mid-lung
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The nexus of an individual lung

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From mid- + lung.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mid

Inflected Forms

midlungs (plural)

Questions

What does midlung mean?: The nexus of an individual lung
Where does midlung come from?: From mid- + lung.

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