MESIAL - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] (anatomy) being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body

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	Synonyms:	medial, median, sagittal

	Antonyms:	distal


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Me"sial\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ? middle.] (Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to {lateral}. {Mesial plane}. (Anat.) See {Meson}.