A medical term that means “situated towards the midline of the body”.
Less commonly, the term refers to the middle layer of a body structure.
Near the middle of tissue, organ or body.
adj. 1. relating to or denoting the parts of the body that are closest to the *median plane of the body. 2. relating to or situated in the central region of an organ, tissue, or the body.
The term applied by athletes to a condition characterised by pain over the inner border of the shin, which occurs in most runners and sometimes in joggers. The syndrome, also known as shin splints, is due to muscular swelling resulting in inadequate blood supply in the muscle: hence the pain. The disorder may be the result of compartment syndrome (build-up of pressure in the muscles), TENDINITIS, muscle or bone in?ammation, or damage to the muscle. It usually disappears within a few weeks, responding to rest and PHYSIOTHERAPY, with or without injections. In some cases, however, it becomes chronic and so severe that it occurs even at rest. If the cause is the compartment syndrome, relief is usually obtained by a simple operation to relieve the pressure in the affected muscles.... medial tibial syndrome
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