Mesial

Mesial
Mesial Me"sial (?; 277), a. [Gr. me`sos middle.] (Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to {lateral}. [1913 Webster]

{Mesial plane}. (Anat.) See {Meson}. [1913 Webster]


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  • mésial — ● mésial, mésiale, mésiaux adjectif Se dit, en anatomie, de ce qui est le plus proche de la ligne médiane. mésial, ale, aux [mezjal, o] adj. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; dér. sav. du grec par l angl. (→ Mésal); → Méso . ❖ ♦ Anat. Intermédiaire entre les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • mesial — mesial; ven·tro·mesial; …   English syllables

  • mesial — Véase medial. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • mesial — index central (situated near center), intermediate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • mesial — (adj.) middle, median, 1803, an irregular formation from Gk. mesos middle (see MESO (Cf. meso )) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Mesially …   Etymology dictionary

  • mesial — [mē′zē əl, mē′sēəl; mez′ēəl, mes′ē əl] adj. [< Gr mesos,MID1 + IAL] 1. of, in, toward, or along the middle; middle; median; esp., designating or of a median plane or line 2. Dentistry toward the midline of the face along the curve of the… …   English World dictionary

  • Mesial — Die Lage und Richtungsbezeichnungen dienen in der Anatomie zur Beschreibung der Position (situs), der Lage (versio) und des Verlaufs einzelner Strukturen. Zum Teil sind diese Bezeichnungen auch Bestandteil anatomischer Namen. Während sich… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • mesial — SYN: proximal. [G. mesos, middle] * * * me·si·al mē zē əl, sē also me·sal zəl, səl adj 1) being or located in the middle or a median part <the mesial aspect of the metacarpal head> 2) situated in or near or directed toward the median plane… …   Medical dictionary

  • mesial — adjective /miːzɪəl/ a) pertaining to the middle line of the body , 1922: His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins! James Joyce, Ulysses b) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle …   Wiktionary

  • mesial — zur Mitte des Zahnbogens hin * * * mesial   [zu griechisch mésos »Mitte«], Zahnmedizin: nach der Mitte des Zahnbogens gerichtet; Gegensatz: distal …   Universal-Lexikon

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