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medial.

Of or pertaining to a mean or average.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmiː.di.əl/

  1. Of or pertaining to a mean or average.

    medial allegation

  2. 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.

    The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end. Closer to the addressee.

Where this word comes from

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).

noun/ˈmiː.di.əl/

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

  2. Any of various things that occur in the middle. One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.

Where this word comes from

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).

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