medial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmiː.di.əl/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mediālisbor. English medial Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
medial allegation
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Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. ▸ Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
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Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. ▸ Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. ▸ Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. ▸ (of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.
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Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. ▸ (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. ▸ Closer to the addressee.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more medial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most medial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
medial pterygoid nerve · buccomedial · medialization · mediality · posteriomedial · plantomedial · medial cuneiform bone · medial canthus · medial collateral ligament · distomedial · medialise · medial s · medialorbitofrontal · alligation medial · inferomedial · anterodorsomedial · medial rectus · orbitomedial · medial pterygoid plate · supermedial · medialmost · ventromedial · medial palpebral artery · medial mal · proximomedial · paramedial · medial geniculate nucleus · submedial · dorsomedial · medialward · corticomedial · medial moraine · epimedial · medial longitudinal fasciculus · medialness · bimedial · antemedial · mesomedial · antimedial · nonmedial · temporomedial · medially · basomedial · frontomedial · medial epicondyle · postmedial · craniomedial · radiomedial · premedial · medial medullary syndrome · medialwards · lateromedial · medial lemniscus · anteromedial · rostromedial · medio- · posteromedial · labiomedial · apicomedial · superomedial · caudomedial · ectomedial · medial capital · medial slang · medial malleolus · medial pterygoid muscle · medialize · transmedial · admedial · posteroventromedial · medial graph · medial epicondylitis · centromedial
Relateds
median · mesial · intermedial
Translations (41)
hu közép- (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · fi keski- (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · de median (closer to the median plane or midline) · pl centralny (in or near the middle; not at either end) · hu középső (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · de zentral (of a consonant, central) · ro median (in or near the middle; not at either end) · fi keskimääräinen (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · hu mediális (closer to the median plane or midline) · es medial (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · es medial (in or near the middle; not at either end) · pl średni (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · de mittel (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · el έσω (closer to the median plane or midline) · es medio (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · ru сре́дний (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · pl środkowy (in or near the middle; not at either end) · pl przyśrodkowy (closer to the median plane or midline) · hu bel- (closer to the median plane or midline) · hu belső (closer to the median plane or midline) · fi keski- (in or near the middle; not at either end) · cs přístřední (closer to the median plane or midline) · fi sisäpuolinen (closer to the median plane or midline) · pl środkowy (of a consonant, central) · ro median (closer to the median plane or midline) · es medial (closer to the median plane or midline) · bg среден (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · fi keski- (of a consonant, central) · ro intermediar (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · ro medial (of a consonant, central) · ro median (of or pertaining to a mean or average) · de zentral (in or near the middle; not at either end) · de mittig (in or near the middle; not at either end) · de medial (closer to the median plane or midline) · bg среден (in or near the middle; not at either end) · cs mediální (closer to the median plane or midline) · fi mediaalinen (closer to the median plane or midline) · ru медиа́льный (closer to the median plane or midline) · pl centralny (of a consonant, central) · ru среди́нный (closer to the median plane or midline) · es medial (of a consonant, central)