Medial Meaning
/ˈmiː.di.əl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to a mean or average.
adjSituated in or near the middle; not at either end., Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
Sentence Examples
The medial nerve is sensitive to pressure.
The medial ligament is prone to injury.
The medial ligament of the knee was badly torn.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ strip in the middle of the road is often covered with grass.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor explained that the injury was located on the ____ side of the knee, near the center.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðjos Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mediālisbor. English medial Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone."
— 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
"Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well."
— 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ strip in the middle of the road is often covered with grass.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor explained that the injury was located on the ____ side of the knee, near the center.