medial
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di adjective
1.
situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
2.
pertaining to a mean or average; average.
3.
5.
Entomology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the media.
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Medial
is always a great word to know.
So is frontal plane. Does it mean:
| lie vertically and divid the body into anterior and posterior parts |
| space bounded by the abdominal walls, diaphragm, and pelvis |
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World English Dictionary
medial (ˈmiːdɪəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or situated in the middle |
| 2. | ordinary or average in size |
| 3. | maths relating to an average |
| 4. | median median another word for median |
| 5. | zoology of or relating to a media |
| —n | |
| 6. | phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media |
| [C16: from Late Latin mediālis, from medius middle] | |
| 'medially | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
medial
1560s, "pertaining to a mathematical mean," from L.L. medialis "of the middle," from L. medius "middle," from PIE *medhjo-, from base *me- "between" (cf. Skt. madhyah, Avestan madiya- "middle," Gk. mesos, Goth. midjis, O.E. midd "middle," O.C.S. medzu "between," Arm. mej "middle"). Meaning "occupying
a middle position" is attested from 1721.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
medial me·di·al (mē'dē-əl)
adj.
Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.
Being or relating to an average or a mean.
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Example sentences
Each cavity is bounded by a roof, a floor, a medial and a lateral wall.
The medial surface is prolonged downward to form a strong pyramidal process, flattened from without inward-the medial malleolus.
It had been widely reported as a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a torn medial collateral ligament, sustained in a tackle.
The fibers forming the medial part of each tract and posterior part of the chiasma have no connection with the optic nerves.
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