medial

See also: médial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.di.əl/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

medial (comparative more medial, superlative most medial)

1. Of or pertaining to a mean or average.

   medial allegation

2. In or near the middle; not at either end.
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3. (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.

   1. (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
4. (linguistics) Closer to the addressee.
5. (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

• epimedial
• medial capital
• medially

Related terms

• median

Translations

of or pertaining to a mean or average

• Finnish: keski- (fi)
• Hungarian: középső (hu), közép- (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: сре́дний (ru) (srédnij)
• Spanish: medio (es)

pertaining to the inside

• Finnish: mediaalinen (fi), sisäpuolinen
• Greek: έσω (el) (éso)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: belső (hu), bel- (hu)
• Russian: медиа́льный (ru) (mediálʹnyj), среди́нный (ru) (sredínnyj)

Noun

medial (plural medials)

1. Any of various things that occur in the middle.
   1. One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.

Anagrams

• Dameli, mailed

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /medˈi̯aːl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

medial (not comparable)

1. medial

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediālis. Cf. also meaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdjal/ [meˈð̞jal]

Adjective

medial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mediales)

1. medial

Derived terms

• anteromedial
• inferomedial
• superomedial

Further reading

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