: a median line
especially
: the median line or median plane of the body or some part of the body
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Always keep the belly pulled in, rather than doing any movement that pushes it out (and causes the telltale bulge on the midline).
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Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
How to: Start by standing upright with feet hip-width apart, holding dumbbells with arms at sides and palms facing the midline.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
Curl arms up toward the shoulders, keeping palms facing the midline and upper arms still.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
The poem’s frequent midline interruptions of otherwise overflowing (enjambed) lines creates a gentle resistance to the ordinary flow of thought.
—Magdalena Zurawski Anne Boyer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
Shifts fixation across midline (moves gaze from left to right).
—Emily Cook, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
Abduction is the opposite of adduction: Instead of bringing the limb back to the body, abduction refers to a limb moving away from the midline of the body.
—Greg Presto, Men's Health, 6 Oct. 2022
The gluteus medius, which sits on the side of your butt near your hip, is responsible for hip abduction (moving your leg away from the midline of your body) and internal and external rotation.
—Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
On the day of the procedure, the surgeon performed a midline laparotomy and initially used a large-sized AWR, according to the report.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
How to: Start by standing upright with feet hip-width apart, holding dumbbells with arms at sides and palms facing the midline.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
Curl arms up toward the shoulders, keeping palms facing the midline and upper arms still.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
The poem’s frequent midline interruptions of otherwise overflowing (enjambed) lines creates a gentle resistance to the ordinary flow of thought.
—Magdalena Zurawski Anne Boyer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
Shifts fixation across midline (moves gaze from left to right).
—Emily Cook, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
Abduction is the opposite of adduction: Instead of bringing the limb back to the body, abduction refers to a limb moving away from the midline of the body.
—Greg Presto, Men's Health, 6 Oct. 2022
The gluteus medius, which sits on the side of your butt near your hip, is responsible for hip abduction (moving your leg away from the midline of your body) and internal and external rotation.
—Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
On the day of the procedure, the surgeon performed a midline laparotomy and initially used a large-sized AWR, according to the report.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
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midline
noun
mid·line
ˈmid-ˌlīn 
: a line through the middle of something
especially
: a line through a body or one of its parts that lies in a plane dividing it into halves that are mirror images of each other
Medical Definition
midline
noun
mid·line
ˈmid-ˌlīn, ˌmid-ˈlīn
: a median line
especially
: the median line or median plane of the body or some part of the body
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