Medial

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmiː.di.É™l/

Origin

From Latin mediālis.

Full definition of medial

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
   medial allegation
2. In or near the middle; not at either end.
• 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate Chapter Prologue, 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.
3. (anatomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline.
   The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.

Antonyms

• (anatomy) lateral

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

• medial capital
• medially

Related terms

• median

Noun

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

Anagrams

• Dameli
• mailed