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mesial
CIDE DICTIONARY
mesial, a. [Gr. me`sos middle.].
Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mesial, adj. Anat. of, in, or directed towards the middle line of a body.
Derivative
mesially adv.
Etymology
irreg. f. Gk mesos middle
ROGET THESAURUS
mesial
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.For further exploring for "mesial" in Webster Dictionary Online