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mesial

adj
/ˈmiːzɪəl/

Etymology

Irregular derivation from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos).

  1. derived from μέσος

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the midline of the body.

    • His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!

  2. Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

The neighborhood

Derived

admesial, anteromesial, axiomesial, buccomesial, distomesial, dorsomesial, frontomesial, labiomesial, mesially, mesialmost, mesial plane, orbitomesial, paramesial, posteromesial, temporomesial, ventromesial

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mesial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA