"Long axis" and "short axis" of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid" class="extiw" title="en:Ellipsoid">ellipsoid</a> as used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lymphadenopathy" class="extiw" title="en:lymphadenopathy">lymphadenopathy</a> terminology.<sup id="cite_ref-GaneshalingamKoh2009_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaneshalingamKoh2009-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schmidt_JúniorRodrigues2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmidt_J%C3%BAniorRodrigues2007-2">[2]</a></sup><p>Strictly speaking, the "long axis" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-major_and_semi-minor_axes" class="extiw" title="en:Semi-major and semi-minor axes">major axis</a> and the "short axis" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-major_and_semi-minor_axes" class="extiw" title="en:Semi-major and semi-minor axes">minor axis</a>.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2>
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-GaneshalingamKoh2009-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-GaneshalingamKoh2009_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal"> (2009). "Nodal staging". <i>Cancer Imaging</i> <b>9</b> (1). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">DOI</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2009.0017">10.1102/1470-7330.2009.0017</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number" class="extiw" title="en:International Standard Serial Number">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/14707330">14707330</a>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Schmidt_JúniorRodrigues2007-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Schmidt_J%C3%BAniorRodrigues2007_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal"> (2007). "Distribuição, tamanho e número dos linfonodos mediastinais: definições por meio de estudo anatômico". <i>Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia</i> <b>33</b> (2): 134–140. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">DOI</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132007000200006">10.1590/S1806-37132007000200006</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number" class="extiw" title="en:International Standard Serial Number">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1806-3713">1806-3713</a>.</cite></span>
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