Meanings
adverbmesiodistally (not comparable)
- not comparablerelating to the mesiodistal side of a tooth
The maxillary central incisor crown is relatively broad mesiodistally in proportion to its height (Fig. 2 ).
1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science, volume 285, number 5432, →DOI, pages 1382–1386
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Hellenic*métsos
- Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
- Englishmesio-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Latinstō
- Latindistō
- Latindistāns
- Old Frenchdistant
- Middle Englishdistaunt
- Englishdistant
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdistal
- Englishmesiodistal
- Englishmesiodistally
From mesiodistal + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mesiodistally
distallyanterodistallyapicodistallybuccodistallycaudodistallycrystallydorsodistallylaterodistallylinguodistallymediodistallyposterodistallyproximodistallysubdistallyventrodistally
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mesiodistally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesiodistally
MLA
“mesiodistally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesiodistally. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesiodistally,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesiodistally.
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