mesially

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adverb

Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English mesial →
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Meanings

adverbmesially (comparative more mesially, superlative most mesially)

comparative more mesially · superlative most mesially

  1. Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.

    The second premolar has two roots, one located mesially and one distally under the crown

    1999, Friderun Ankel-Simons, Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, page 246

Origin

  1. Englishmesial
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishmesially

From mesial + -ly.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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