The median of a data set is the value above which half of the data lie and below which half the data lie. It is considered to be the "middle" number of the data set. If the data set is composed of an odd number of entries, the median is the exact...

adj. 1. Lying along the lengthwise vertical (sagittal) plane through the middle of the oral cavity. 2. (also central) (of an articulation) Involving either a complete obstruction of the oral cavity or air flow along the median line; non-lateral. Ant....

The middle value (or ARITHMETIC MEAN of the two middle values when there is an even number of values) of numbers arranged in order of magnitude, e.g. the median of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 is 20. See also: mean;...

Speech sound classified according to the way in which the airstream bypasses its obstruction (namely over the center (=median) of the oral cavity in contrast with lateral)....

In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the number separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the...

You might have seen the scary news reports just before Thanksgiving: Housing prices fell nationwide last quarter, the first such decline since 1993. Even grimmer, total sales of houses and condominiums across the country plunged by 12.7 percent, compared with the third quarter of...

To the Editor: In the August 2003 issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings,1 we published a review of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and myeloproliferative disorders (MPD). I was surprised to see an editorial dedicated to that review and was a...

The slump in housing deepened in the final three months of last year with sales falling in 40 states and median home prices declining in nearly half of the metropolitan areas surveyed, a real estate trade group reported Thursday.The National Association of Realtors report showed...

The pace of existing home sales slowed in the first quarter by almost 7 percent compared to a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.In the latest indication of the housing market's slowdown, the NAR said home sales reached a 6.4 million annual...