adj
medial
MEE-dee-uhl
adj
1
Located in or near the middle rather than at either end.
"The medial side of the knee faces the other leg."
"Linguists study how a sound changes when it appears in the medial position of a word."
How to Use Medial
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDescribes something positioned in the middle, whether in anatomy, language, or geometry.
Common pairings
medial position
medial side
medial nerve
Word Forms
more medial comparative, medials plural, most medial superlative
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Etymology
From Latin mediālis, built from medius ("middle") plus the adjective-forming suffix -ālis.