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Definition of Medius
1. n. The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.
Definition of Medius
1. the middle finger [n -DII]
Medical Definition of Medius
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Origin: NL, fr. L. Medius middle. See Medium.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Medius
Literary usage of Medius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The Constrictor pharyngis medius (Middle constrictor) is a fan-shaped muscle,
smaller than the preceding. It arises from the whole length of the upper ..."
2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The CONSTRICTOR medius rises chiefly from the round point in which the os ...
Ihe medius. tip of the horn being the most prominent point, and ^. ..."
3. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein (1863)
"medius is purely local, in the middle, in opp. to the extremes ; modicus denotes
quantity, with reference to number and magnitude, as moderate, in opp, ..."
4. A Text Book of Anatomy, and Guide in Dissections: For the Use of Students of by Washington R. Handy (1854)
"The gluteus medius (Fig. 212) is a triangular, flat muscle, having its anterior
portion uncovered by the gluteus maximus. It arises from the outer edge of ..."
5. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1813)
"... and then that, in all its possible directions and fore- shortenings,—he would
have concluded my uncle Toby had got hold of the medius terminus, ..."
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