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me·di·al

(mē′dē-əl)

adj.

1. Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.

2. Linguistics Being a sound, syllable, or letter occurring between the initial and final positions in a word or morpheme.

3. Mathematics Being or relating to an average or a mean.

4. Average; ordinary.

n. Linguistics

1. A voiced stop, such as (b), (d), or (g). Also called media².

2. A sound, letter, or form of a letter that is neither initial nor final.

[Late Latin mediālis, from Latin medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]

me′di·al·ly adv.

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medial

(ˈmiːdɪəl)

adj

1. of or situated in the middle

2. ordinary or average in size

3. (Mathematics) maths relating to an average

4. (Biology) another word for median¹, median², median³

5. (Statistics) another word for median¹, median², median³

6. (Zoology) zoology of or relating to a media

(Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media

[C16: from Late Latin mediālis, from medius middle]

ˈmedially adv

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me•di•al

(ˈmi di əl)

adj.

1. in or pertaining to the middle.

2. pertaining to a mean or average; average.

3. (of a sound or letter) occurring within a word, syllable, or other linguistic unit, as the sounds (i) and (t) in city; not initial or final.

a. a medial sound or letter.

b. media ² (def. 2) .

[1560–70; < Late Latin mediālis; see medium, -al¹]

me′di•al•ly, adv.

medial

1. Toward the middle.

2. Toward the midline of the body.

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Adj.	1.	medial - dividing an animal into right and left halves median mesial - being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
	2.	medial - relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle median central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"

medial

adjective

1. At, in, near, or being the center:

center, central, median, mid, middle.

2. Not extreme:

central, intermediate, mean, median, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, midway.

Translations

keski-mediaalinensisäpuolinen

medial

[ˈmiːdɪəl] ADJ → medial

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medial

adj (= in the middle) → mittlere(r, s); in (word) medial position (Ling) → im Inlaut

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me·di·al

a. medial, localizado-a hacia la línea media.

medial

adj (anat) interno, medial; — thigh muslo interno

References in classic literature ?

As to all the higher questions which determine the starting-point of a diagnosis--as to the philosophy of medial evidence--any glimmering of these can only come from a scientific culture of which country practitioners have usually no more notion than the man in the moon."

"As a medial man I could have no opinion on such a point unless I knew Mr.

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He is like a quincunx of trees, which counts five,--east, west, north, or south; or an initial, medial, and terminal acrostic.

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Caption: Figure 2: Preoperative anteroposterior radiographs revealing an asymmetric position of the medial clavicle on the right side.

Epiphysiolysis Type Salter I of the Medial Clavicle with Posterior Displacement: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

"Sprifermin appears to be the first investigational medicinal product to show dose-dependent prevention of cartilage loss and an increase in cartilage thickness, not only in the total tibiofemoral joint [TFJ] but also in both the medial and lateral compartments, including the central medial femorotibial region," said Marc H.

Sprifermin shows cartilage-building potential in knee OA

As per documents presently available with him, his injury was diagnosed as fracture of medial condyle of left humerus at another tertiary care teaching hospital.

CASE REPORT ON CUBITUS VARUS DEFORMITY AS A COMPLICATION OF UNITED MEDIAL CONDYLE OF HUMERUS FRACTURE--A RARE FRACTURE IN CHILDREN

In adults, the morphology of the tibia differs from that of the femur; therefore, the morphologies of the lateral and medial menisci (MM) are also expected to differ (4).

The Morphological Anatomy of the Menisci of the Knee Joint in Human Fetuses

Background: Partial medial menisectomy has no adverse results.

ROLE OF PARTIAL MEDIAL MENISECTOMY IN MENISCAL TEARS

After careful palpation of the ligament, medial patellar desmotomy was performed in lateral recumbence, under local anesthesia achieved by 2% lignocaine hydrochloride.

Short Communication - Surgical Correction of Intermittent Unilateral Hind Limb Extension in Buffalo and Cattle

suggested [1] splitting of the medial rectus as an alternative treatment option to the posterior "Faden fixation surgery" suggested by Cuppers [2] in patients with varying angles of esotropia.

Y-Split Recession of the Medial Rectus Muscle as a Secondary and/or Unilateral Procedure in the Treatment of Esotropia with Distance/Near Disparity

In recent years, two papers have reported that medial meniscal extrusion (MME), which can be measured on ultrasonography, is related to the degree of knee pain [6, 7].