mesial
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Dentistry. directed toward the sagittal plane or midline of the face, along the dental arch.
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Zodiac, zō′di-ak, n. an imaginary belt in the heavens, having as its mesial line the ecliptic or apparent path of the sun, and containing the twelve constellations, called signs of the zodiac.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Standing exactly at the back, there is a remarkable flatness at the lower end of the mesial groove.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies
More externally the mesial fillet is seen, while dorsal to the cerebellar peduncle is the posterior longitudinal bundle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
When, during locomotion, injury is inflicted upon the mesial side of an extremity by the swinging foot of the other member, the condition is termed interfering.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Along the middle of the head runs a band of pale grey; this "mesial coronal band," as Oates calls it, is far more distinct in some specimens than in others.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
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