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MESIAL

• MESIAL (adjective)
The adjective MESIAL has 1 sense:

1. being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body

Familiarity information: MESIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

• MESIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body

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)

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