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MESIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
Classified under:
Similar:
medial; median (dividing an animal into right and left halves)
sagittal (located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Antonym:
distal (directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body)
