Mesial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, in, near, or toward the middle.
  • adj. Dentistry Situated toward the middle of the front of the jaw along the curve of the dental arch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. pertaining to the middle line of the body
  • adj. Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the middle; being in the middle; in zoology, pertaining to or on the middle line or plane of the body; median. Also mesian
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
  • Equivalent
    medial    sagittal    median   
    Antonym
    lateral    distal   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    middle    median    internal   
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