mesial
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Dentistry. directed toward the sagittal plane or midline of the face, along the dental arch.
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The unguarded curette is then introduced and several strokes are made with it, the instrument being carried on either side of the mesial plane.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
French veterinarians consider under the title of "courbe," an exostosis situated on the mesial side of the distal end of the tibia.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
In these varieties the whole cleft is mesial.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Sprains of the mesial tarsal ligaments cause lameness somewhat similar to that of spavin.
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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