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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
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Examples of medial in a Sentence
four is the medial number between one and seven
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Her focus is not on the representation of meaning but rather on the medial and material conditions of representation.
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Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
The region—called the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)—may produce a fundamental model of oneself and place it in mental time.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
The 26-year-old Californian was on the short list of athletes Djokovic called after tearing the medial meniscus in his right knee in the fourth round of the French Open.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
Fudd’s first three years at UConn have been marred by injuries, first missing 11 games with a foot injury in 2021-22, then eight with a right knee injury last year before suffering a season-ending right ACL and medial meniscus tear in late November 2023.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2024
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Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
The region—called the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)—may produce a fundamental model of oneself and place it in mental time.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
The 26-year-old Californian was on the short list of athletes Djokovic called after tearing the medial meniscus in his right knee in the fourth round of the French Open.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
Fudd’s first three years at UConn have been marred by injuries, first missing 11 games with a foot injury in 2021-22, then eight with a right knee injury last year before suffering a season-ending right ACL and medial meniscus tear in late November 2023.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medial. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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medial
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me·di·al
ˈmēd-ē-əl 
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