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mid⋅stream

[mid-streem]
–noun
1. the middle of a stream.
2. the middle period of a process, course, or the like.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME myddstreme. See mid-, stream
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mid·stream   (mĭd'strēm')   
n.  
  1. The middle part of a stream.

  2. The part of a course that is neither at the beginning nor at the end: the midstream of life.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mid·stream
Pronunciation: "mid-'strEm
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being urine passed during the middle of an act ofurination and not at the beginning or end midstream specimen>
Idioms & Phrases

midstream

see change horses midstream.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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