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median

  • noun
  • /ˈmiː.di.ən/

A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.

Other meanings

  1. A joining the vertex of triangle to the of the opposing side.

  2. The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.

Related words

  • mesial

Word history

From Latin "mediānus" (of or pertaining to the middle).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “median” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.