Middle English Dictionary Entry
mediāna n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mediāna n. Also mediane, medine. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. The antecubital vein of the arm.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)159/9 : ij braunchis..cephalica [and]..basilica maken oon veyne þat is clepid mediana, eiþer purpurea.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)156b/b : And þai halde þe stede of mediane, i. myddel veyne [L locum mediane].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)53a/b : Þer is braunched one comune braunche..þe whiche is cleped mediana, oþer corporalis.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)538/9 : Haly Abbas putteþ..þat the veynes þe whiche ben late blode in men ben 33. Of the whiche veynes þere ben 12 in the armes, þat is to say, two medynes [*Ch.(1): medianez; L mediane] and two þat ben cleped cephalice, [etc.].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)32b/b : Tweyne braunchis..makiþ oon veyne þat is clepid Mediana, or purpurea, or fusca, or comunis, or ellis cardiaca.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. median.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. mediana.