medial
See also: médial
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
Adjective
medial (comparative more medial, superlative most medial)
- Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
- medial allegation
- In or near the middle; not at either end.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline.
- The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
- (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- (linguistics) Closer to the addressee.
- (linguistics, of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
Antonyms
- (anatomy): lateral
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
of or pertaining to a mean or average
pertaining to the inside
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Noun
medial (plural medials)
- Any of various things that occur in the middle.
- One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
Anagrams
German
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Pronunciation
Adjective
medial (not comparable)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediālis. Cf. also meaja.
Pronunciation
Adjective
medial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mediales)
- medial
Derived terms
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