medial
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medial
- /ˈmiː.di.əl/
Rhymes with -iːdiəl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
adjective more medial · most medial
- Of or pertaining to a mean or average. medial allegation
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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.
Opposite: lateral
- Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media. Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
- Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- (of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.
- (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue. Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
- Closer to the addressee.
noun medials
- Any of various things that occur in the middle.
- One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: central, mesial, median, middle, mid, east, medical, midline, centric, intermediate, midpoint, innermost, mean, halfway, middling, internal
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adj of or pertaining to a mean or average
| Español | medio, medial |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | mittel |
| Română | intermediar, median |
| Русский | сре́дний srédnij |
adj closer to the median plane or midline
| Español | medial |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | medial, median |
| Ελληνικά | έσω éso |
| Română | median |
| Русский | медиа́льный mediálʹnyj, среди́нный sredínnyj |
Talk about this word "medial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/medial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. medial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/medial "medial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/medial.Cite this
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title = {medial},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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