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medial

[ mee-dee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
  2. pertaining to a mean or average; average.
  3. Phonetics. within a word or syllable; neither initial nor final, as the t, a, and n in stand.
  4. Entomology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the media. medium.


noun

  1. Phonetics.
    1. a medial sound or letter.

medial

/ ˈːɪə /

adjective

  1. of or situated in the middle
  2. ordinary or average in size
  3. maths relating to an average
  4. another word for median median median
  5. zoology of or relating to a media
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • d·· adverb
  • Dz·d· adjective
  • ܲ·d· adjective
  • sub·d·· adverb
  • p·d· adjective
  • super·d·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medial1

First recorded in 1560–70, medial is from the Late Latin word middle. See medium, -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medial1

C16: from Late Latin 徱, from medius middle
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Example Sentences

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These implants are done in two parts of the brain that often produce seizures, the medial temporal lobe and the medial frontal lobe.

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When she tore the same ACL and her medial meniscus last November, it took her a full year to recover, and then it took time to find her footing early this season.

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They would identify the smell of bananas, garlic, licorice, fish and so on, while the researchers took recordings of the activity of individual neurons in their piriform cortex and medial temporal lobe.

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Many on X, the social medial platform he owns, have likened the gesture to a Nazi salute.

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She dislocated her shoulder the day before travelling to Paris, having previously torn the medial collateral ligament in her right knee.

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