medial

[mee-dee-uhl]

adjective

1. situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.

2. pertaining to a mean or average; average.

3. ordinary.

4. Phonetics.,  within a word or syllable; neither initial nor final, as the t, a, and n in stand.

5. Entomology.,  pertaining to, involving, or situated near the media. medium.

noun

1. Phonetics.

   1. a medial sound or letter.

   2. media.

medial

/ ˈmiːdɪəl /

adjective

1. of or situated in the middle

2. ordinary or average in size

3. maths relating to an average

4. another word for median median median

5. zoology of or relating to a media

noun

1. phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media

Other Word Forms

• medially adverb
• postmedial adjective
• submedial adjective
• submedially adverb
• supermedial adjective
• supermedially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of medial¹

First recorded in 1560–70, medial is from the Late Latin word mediālis middle. See medium, -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of medial¹

C16: from Late Latin mediālis, from medius middle

Example Sentences

With a torn medial collateral ligament in his right leg and a strained knee and torn hamstring in his left, it was unlikely he’d be able to drive the ball.

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The midfielder suffered a medial collateral ligament injury in the Gunners' win over West Ham on 4 October and had to be replaced during the first half.

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Specifically, the areas of the medial prefrontal cortex responsible for processing social environments were active when infants were exposed to faces.

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These implants are done in two parts of the brain that often produce seizures, the medial temporal lobe and the medial frontal lobe.

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When she tore the same ACL and her medial meniscus last November, it took her a full year to recover, and then it took time to find her footing early this season.

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