medialize

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verb

To become more medial.

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Meanings

verbmedialize (third-person singular simple present medializes, present participle medializing, simple past and past participle medialized)

present singular third person medializes · participle present medializing · participle past medialized · past medialized

  1. To become more medial.

    Failure of nasal bones to medialize is due to an obstructive phenomenon between the two nasal bones.

    2008, Michael Evan Sachs, Mastering Revision Rhinoplasty, page 62
  2. To render (a consonant) more medial.

    It is quite possible that the earlier Abenakis may have only partially medialized their consonants after vowels.

    1902 (January - March), American Anthropologist

Origin

From medial + -ize.

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APA

medialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medialize

MLA

“medialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medialize.

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