Meaning

7 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to a mean or average.

    medial allegation

    mittel

    сре́днийsrédnij

  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.

    medial, median

    медиа́льныйmediálʹnyj, среди́нныйsredínnyj

  3. Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.

    Mönckeberg medial sclerosis

  4. Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.

  5. (of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.

  6. (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.

    zentral

  7. Closer to the addressee.

More definitions
  • dividing an animal into right and left halves
  • relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The medial vowel changed over time.

  2. The doctor examined the medial side of her knee.

  3. The medial consonant was difficult for the students to pronounce.

  4. The bird had a dark stripe running down the medial part of each feather.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to a mean or average:
closer to the median plane or midline:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
in or near the middle; not at either end:
of or pertaining to a mean or average:
closer to the median plane or midline:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) +

Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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Forms

more medial, most medial
Comparativemore medial Lesson
Superlativemost medial Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dividing an animal into right and left halves:median
  • relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle:median

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

64 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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