paramedial

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adjective

Near or next to the middle.

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Meanings

adjectiveparamedial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNear or next to the middle.
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    The skeleton comprises 26 partially articulated vertebrae (19 presacral, 3 sacral, and 4 caudal), with articulated paramedial osteoderms in some cervical and dorsal regions; incomplete scapulocoracoids, incomplete humeri, a distal portion of left radius and ulna articulating with carpus; left ilium and pubis, left femur, left tibiae and fibulae articulating with complete pes.

    2016 February 6, “Cranial Anatomy and Palaeoneurology of the Archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From para- + medial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paramedial

remedialmedialventromedialdorsomedialalligation medialantemedialanteromedialantimedialbasomedialbimedialbuccomedialcaudomedialcentromedialcorticomedialcraniomedialdistomedialectomedialfrontomedialinferomedialintermediallabiomediallateromedialmesomedialmultimedial
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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