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MEDIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
central (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area)
Derivation:
medium (a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dividing an animal into right and left halves
Synonyms:
medial; median
Classified under:
Similar:
mesial (being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body)
Context examples:
A bone in the fourth toe from the medial side of the foot.
(Foot Digit 4 Phalanx, NCI Thesaurus)
The new research shows that OCD is also linked to medial prefrontal cortex abnormality.
(Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, University of Cambridge)
An oval-shaped bone of the tarsus found on the medial side of the foot.
(Navicular Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the pericallosal artery that extends along the parieto-occipital sulcus to supply the medial and superolateral surfaces of the parietal lobe and sometimes the occipital lobe.
(Parieto-Occipital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
In the present study, two distinct parts of the medial prefrontal cortex were important for the Uncanny Valley.
(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)
A medial line, especially the medial line or medial plane of the body (or some part of the body).
(Midline, NCI Thesaurus)
The light-activated brain cells project into 2 areas of the medial prefrontal cortex―a brain region responsible for complex behaviors.
(Anxiety molecules affect male and female mice differently, NIH)
There are 5 metatarsal bones and they are numbered from the medial side.
(Metatarsal Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
The medial margin of the thorax created by the seventh to tenth rib.
(Costal Arch, NCI Thesaurus)
A serrated strip of gray matter under the medial border of the hippocampus and in its depths.
(Dentate Gyrus, NCI Thesaurus)
