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medial

adjective
me·​di·​al | \ ˈmÄ“-dÄ“-É™l How to pronounce medial (audio) \

Definition of medial

1 : mean, average
2a : being or occurring in the middle
b : extending toward the middle especially : lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
3 : situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme

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Other Words from medial

medial noun
medially \ ˈmÄ“-​dÄ“-​É™-​lÄ“ How to pronounce medially (audio) \ adverb

Examples of medial in a Sentence

four is the medial number between one and seven

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Poole survived but continues to receive medial treatment for his wounds, police said Wednesday. John Glidden, The Mercury News, "Three arrested in connection with deadly North Bay pawn shop robbery," 18 July 2019 If the medial entorhinal cortex was responsible for representing the latter, Tsao reasoned, then maybe the lateral entorhinal cortex harbored a signal of time. Quanta Magazine, "How the Brain Creates a Timeline of the Past," 12 Feb. 2019 Sale got an injection, the standard treatment for partial MUCL (medial ulnar collateral ligament) tears. Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, "The news on Chris Sale’s elbow is potentially a disaster," 20 Aug. 2019 For 2019-20, lawmakers said the Teachers’ Retirement System must simply use money from its medial insurance fund to pay for it. Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, "Kentucky has a nearly $200M budget surplus. Here's how it will be used," 11 July 2019 The medial board has the option to begin considerations Wednesday and vote on anxiety and autism spectrum disorder at a later monthly meeting. Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, "State board to review Ohio medical marijuana for people with anxiety, autism spectrum disorder," 10 June 2019 The default network consists of a group of interconnected brain regions, including the medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex, the angular gyrus and the hippocampus. Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American, "Creative Types Reserve a Special Corner of the Brain for Dreaming Big," 22 May 2019 Few defensive issues feel as important as the health of Floyd, who had surgery on his right knee in 2017 to repair his medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments. Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, "Bears relying on several comeback stories from their outside linebackers," 12 July 2018 However, the bone at the base of our big toe—called the medial cuneiform—has a connection for the big toe that is more curved and slightly more angled than what is found in humans today. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Ancient Toddler Was at Home on the Ground and in the Trees," 5 July 2018

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First Known Use of medial

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for medial

Late Latin medialis, from Latin medius

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medial

adjective
me·​di·​al | \ ˈmÄ“d-Ä“-É™l How to pronounce medial (audio) \

Medical Definition of medial

1 : lying or extending in the middle especially, of a body part : lying or extending toward the median axis of the body the medial surface of the tibia
2 : of or relating to the media of a blood vessel necrosis and lipid deposition with medial involvement

Other Words from medial

medially \ -​É™-​lÄ“ How to pronounce medially (audio) \ adverb