Medial Definition

mēdē-əl
adjective
Of or in the middle; neither beginning nor ending; median.
Webster's New World
Nearer the median plane or axis of a body or part.
Webster's New World
Being a sound, syllable, or letter occurring between the initial and final positions in a word or morpheme.
American Heritage
Of an average or mean.
Webster's New World
Average; ordinary.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
A voiced stop, such as (b), (d), or (g).
American Heritage
Webster's New World
In some alphabets, the form of a letter that is used as neither an initial nor final letter.
Webster's New World
Any of various things that occur in the middle.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Medial

Noun

Singular:
medial
Plural:
medials

Origin of Medial

  • Late Latin mediālis from Latin medius middle medhyo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin mediālis.

    From Wiktionary

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