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Webster 1913 Edition
Mesial
Me′sial
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[Gr.
μέσοσ
middle.] (Anat.)
Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; – opposed to
lateral
. Definition 2024
mesial
mesial
English
Adjective
mesial (not comparable)
- pertaining to the middle line of the body
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- (dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
Antonyms
- (dentistry): distal
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]