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Definition of Medial

1. Adjective. Dividing an animal into right and left halves.

2. Adjective. Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.

Definition of Medial

1. a. Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

2. n. See 2d Media.

Definition of Medial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a mean or average. ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline. ¹

3. Noun. One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word. ¹

4. Noun. Any of various things that occur in the middle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medial

1. a sound, syllable, or letter in the middle of a word [n -S]

Medical Definition of Medial

1. The side of the body or bdy part that is nearer to the middle or centre (median) of the body. For example, when referring to the knee, medial would mean the side of the knee that is closest to the other knee the opposite of medial is lateral. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medial

mediacracy mediacrat mediacrats mediacy mediad mediae mediaeval mediaevaldom mediaevalism mediaevalisms

mediaevalist mediaevalists mediaevally mediaevals mediagenic medial (current term) medial accessory olivary nucleus medial angle of eye medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve medial anterior thoracic nerve

medial aperture of the fourth ventricle medial arcuate ligament medial arteriole of retina medial arteriosclerosis medial atrial vein medial basal branch of pulmonary artery medial basal segment medial bicipital groove medial border medial border of foot

Literary usage of Medial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"In full extension the lateral depression rests upon the anterior part of the lateral meniscus, whilst the medial depression rests upon the anterior border ..."

2. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1908)
"It is the area which is equal to the square on a medial straight line, an area, therefore, of the form kp, which is, as a matter of fact, arrived at, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The sural nerve (n. suralis; short saphenous nerve), formed by the junction of the medial sural cutaneous with the peroneal anastomotic branch, ..."

4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"Next, we find that each of the medial numbers may be connected with a pair ... It may be noticed as a peculiarity that the three medial numbers (4, 5, ..."

5. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"Next, we find that each of the medial numbers may be connected with a pair ... It may be noticed as a peculiarity that the three medial numbers (4, 5, ..."

6. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"CHAPTER X THE APPLICATION OF BIOMETRY TO ANTHROPOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE medial MEN Theory of the medial Man.—Measurements are used not only ..."

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