mesial
See also: mésial
English
Etymology
Irregular derivation from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miːzɪəl/
Adjective
mesial (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the midline 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]
Anagrams
- Lamies, Maisel, Misael, Salemi, e-mails, emails, mesail, samiel