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Medial
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Medial has 2 senses
- medial(s = adj.all) median - dividing an animal into right and left halves; Array
- medial(s = adj.all) median - relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle; Array Derived form noun medium8
CIDE DICTIONARY
Medial, a. [L. medialis, fr. medius middle: cf. F. médial. See Middle.].
Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation. [1913 Webster]
Medial, n.
See 2d Media. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Medial, adj.
1 situated in the middle.
2 of average size.
1 situated in the middle.
2 of average size.
Derivative
medially adv.
Etymology
LL medialis f. L medius middle
THESAURUS
Medial
amidships, average, banal, center, centermost, central, common, core, equatorial, equidistant, fair, fairish, halfway, indifferent, intercurrent, interior, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intervenient, intervening, mean, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mesne, mezzo, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, moderate, normal, nuclear, ordinary, routine, standard, usualROGET THESAURUS
Medial
Middle
N middle, midst, mediety, mean, medium, middle term, center &c, mid-course, mezzo termine, juste milieu, halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos, nucleus, nucleolus, equidistance, bisection, half distance, equator, diaphragm, midriff, intermediate, middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average, middlemost, midmost, mediate, intermediate, equidistant, central, mediterranean, equatorial, homocentric, in the middle, midway, halfway, midships, amidships, in medias res.
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