medial
Plural: medials
Adjective Satellite
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Adj
- Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
- 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.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
- Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
- Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
- (of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
- (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
- Closer to the addressee.
Noun
- A sound, syllable, or letter located in the middle of a word.
- Any of various things that occur in the middle.
- Any of various things that occur in the middle.
- One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
Examples
- Identifying the MEDIAL ’e’ in ’strategy’ can help when building words in Scrabble.
- medial allegation
- Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
- The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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Scrabble Score: 9
medial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmedial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
medial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
medial: valid Words With Friends Word