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a
: being or occurring in the middle
b
: extending toward the middle
especially
: lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
3
: situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme
medial
noun
Synonyms
Examples of medial in a Sentence
four is the medial number between one and seven
Recent Examples on the Web
After missing more than a month of games because of a foot injury diagnosed as right foot medial tendinitis, Herro made his return in Friday’s win over the Rockets.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
Along with missing Butler and Love, the Heat will also be without Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendintis), Josh Richardson (season-ending right shoulder surgery) and Duncan Robinson (left facet syndrome) against the Warriors.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Football players had cortical thinning and changes in brain folding as well as lower brain signaling and coherence in frontal and medial parts of the brain, but increased signaling and coherence in the occipital lobe.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
Oprah recorded the special in front of a live studio audience and gathers medial experts to discuss weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
Along with missing Richardson, the Heat was also without Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendinitis) and Kevin Love (right heel bruise) against the Mavericks.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
In 2013, Hertl, then a 19-year-old rookie, needed surgery to repair damage to the medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments in his right knee following a knee-on-knee collision with then-Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
In April 1948, for example, Palestinian militia forces attacked a convoy of ambulances and supply trucks headed to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, shooting to death nearly 80 of the passengers, who were doctors, nurses, medial students and professors.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Saucony loyalists who experienced pain from the previous vertical plate will appreciate the new medial support element called Hollow Tech.
—Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
Along with missing Butler and Love, the Heat will also be without Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendintis), Josh Richardson (season-ending right shoulder surgery) and Duncan Robinson (left facet syndrome) against the Warriors.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Football players had cortical thinning and changes in brain folding as well as lower brain signaling and coherence in frontal and medial parts of the brain, but increased signaling and coherence in the occipital lobe.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
Oprah recorded the special in front of a live studio audience and gathers medial experts to discuss weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
Along with missing Richardson, the Heat was also without Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendinitis) and Kevin Love (right heel bruise) against the Mavericks.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
In 2013, Hertl, then a 19-year-old rookie, needed surgery to repair damage to the medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments in his right knee following a knee-on-knee collision with then-Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
In April 1948, for example, Palestinian militia forces attacked a convoy of ambulances and supply trucks headed to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, shooting to death nearly 80 of the passengers, who were doctors, nurses, medial students and professors.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Saucony loyalists who experienced pain from the previous vertical plate will appreciate the new medial support element called Hollow Tech.
—Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Late Latin medialis, from Latin medius
First Known Use
1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing medial
Dictionary Entries Near medial
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medial. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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