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Anat.a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.
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Median point — Median Me di*an (m[=e] d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See {Medial}.] 1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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