median

median definition - medical

me·di·an (mēˈdē-ən)

adjective
  1. Relating to, located in, or extending toward the middle.
  2. Of, relating to, or situated in or near the plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves; mesial.
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the middle value in a distribution.
noun
  1. A median point, plane, line, or part.
  2. The middle value in a distribution, above and below which lie an equal number of values.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.