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Definitions: Medial |
MedialAdjective1. Dividing an animal into right and left halves. 2. Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "medial" was first used: 1570. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Lying near the midsaggital plane of the body; opposed to lateral. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: MedialSynonym: median (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Middle | Adjective: middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate; (interjacent); equidistant; central; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Economic History | Austria | Emergency medial services and the police use civilian helicopters. (references) |
Minorities | Israel and the occupied territories | The Ministry of Housing, Transportation, Industry, and Medial all had representation of less than 1 percent of Arabs in their workforce. (references) |
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| "Medial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.18% of the time. "Medial" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.18% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "medial": medial amygdala ♦ medial condyle ♦ medial epicondylitis ♦ Medial Forebrain Bundle ♦ medial geniculate body ♦ medial humeral condyle ♦ medial rectus ♦ medial rectus muscle ♦ medial supraclavicular lymph nodes ♦ medial test. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "medial": initial-medial, radio-medial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "medial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mesor, i mesit (lumbar, median, mid, middle, middlemost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | â€Ù…توسط (age, average, central, intermediary, intermediate, mean, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, moderate, ordinary, pass, poorly), â€ÙˆØ³Ø·ÙŠ (median), â€Ø¹Ø§Ø¯ÙŠ (average, banal, classless, common, commonplace, conventional, household, lay, mean, mediocre, middling, mundane, natural, normal, ordinary, plain, plebeian, poor, prosaic, run of the mill, second rate, simple, some, stock, trivial, unexceptional, wont). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Ñреден (average, indifferent, intermediary, intermediate, mean, median, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middlemost, middle-of-the-road, middling, moderate, neutral, run of the mill), междинен (intercurrent, intermediary, intermediate, median, mediate, medium, osculant, transitional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | ä¸é—´ (Amid, Amidst, intermediate, intermediately, medially, median, mediate, mid, middle, mid-off, midst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prostřednà (mid, middle, middling, passable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | medial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | midden (amidst, among, average, in the middle, in the middle of, mean, middle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | میانی (Centric, Inmost, Innermost, Meddle, Median, Mid), میانه (Average, Intermediate, Median, Normal, Tolerable), متوسط (Average, Intermediate, Mean, Mediocre, Medium, Midway, Normal, Tolerable), مابین (Between, Betwixt), وسطی (Centric, Mean, Meddle, Median, Mid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mediaalinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | médian (median). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mittlere (average, intermediate, mean, median, medium, middle, middling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μÎσοσ (average, mean, median, medium, mesne, mezzo, mid, middle), μÎσο (agency, agent, channel, expedient, instrumentality, mean, means, middle, midst, resource, way), μεσαίοσ (intermediary, medium, mid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ×ª×™×›×•× ×™ (central, mid, middle), שכיח (common, frequent, habitual, prosaic, usual), ×‘×™× ×•× ×™ (average, fair, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, mid, middle, middling, moderate, par, run of the mill, second rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közbülső (betwixt and between, centre, median, middle), középsõ (intermediate, median, mesial, mid, middle), átlagos nagyságú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | di tengah-tengah (amid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mediano (halfback, halfway, median), mediale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 중간 (intermediate, mediate, middle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ceaghley meanagh (medial mutation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edialmay mediano (average, mean, median, mediastinum, medium, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middling). (various references) median (median), medial (median), de mijloc (mean, median, middle, Midland). (various references) Ñредний (average, avg, mean, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middle sized, middle-of-the-road, middle-sized, middling, moderate, neuter, neutral, secondary), Ñерединный (mean, median, mid). (various references) medijalni, srednji (central, intermediate, median, medium, mid, middle, neuter). (various references) medio (agent, average, extent, habitat, half, halfback, lift, line, mean, means, medium, mesial, mid, middle, midst, milieu, recipe, remedy, resources, tack, the middle, tool, way), medial. (various references) medial, mitt- (mid). (various references) ซึ่งà¸à¸¢à¸¹à¹ˆà¸•à¸£à¸‡à¸à¸¥à¸²à¸‡ (median). (various references) ortaya ait, ortalama (average, equated, fair average, mean, par), orta (bosom, c, center, central, centre, fair, in between, intermediary, intermediate, mean, median, mediate, mediocre, medium, mesial, mesne, meso-, mezzo-, mid, mid-, middle, middling, midst, moderate, passable, secondary). (various references) Ñередній (average, mean, median, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, secondary), медіальний. (various references) ở giữa trung bình; vừa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | medius. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | medialis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "medial": medially, medials. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "medial": remedial, ventromedial. (additional references) | |
Words containing "medial": remedially. (additional references) | |
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"Medial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Maddala, maidel, majjal, mdeia, md-il, medai, Medak, medale, medcial, medea, medeia, medel, medfac, Medha, medials, mediam, medianly, medida, Medie, medii, medio, mediuk, medival, medua, mefile, meia, meial, Mendenall, merdia, metail, metaxa, metia, modual, Mondiale, Mondiali, motial, Muhilal, negidal, pedia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "medial" (pronounced mē"dēul or mē"dyul) |
| 6 | m ē" d ē u l | remedial. |
| 4 | -d ē u l | custodial, myocardial, primordial, pseudopodial, radial. |
| 3 | -ē u l | actuarial, adverbial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, alluvial, ambassadorial, antibacterial, arboreal, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, biomaterial, bronchial, burial, centennial, cereal, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, conspiratorial, convivial, curatorial, decennial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, endometrial, entrepreneurial, equatorial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, filial, fluvial, gubernatorial, immaterial, immemorial, imperial, industrial, intracranial, janitorial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, magisterial, malarial, managerial, marsupial, material, matrilineal, matrimonial, memorial, menial, mercurial, microbial, millennial, ministerial, nomenclatorial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pictorial, pluvial, polynomial, professorial, prosecutorial, proverbial, quadrennial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, serial, terrestrial, territorial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, tutorial, venereal, vestigial, vitriol. |
| 3 | -y u l | congenial, epithelial, familial, genial, granule, patrimonial, spaniel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mailed. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-m" | |
-1 letter: ailed, aimed, amide, email, ideal, lamed, limed, maile, medal, media. | |
-2 letters: aide, alme, amid, amie, dale, dame, deal, deil, deli, dial, diel, dime, idea, idem, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lame, lead, lied, lima, lime, made, maid, mail, male, mead, meal, meld, mild, mile. | |
-3 letters: aid, ail, aim, ale, ami, dal, dam, del, die. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-m" | |
+1 letter: claimed, decimal, declaim, dilemma, emailed, impaled, implead, limeade, medials, medical, melodia, miauled, misdeal, mislead. | |
+2 letters: camailed, climaxed, decimals, declaims, dilemmas, dimmable, dismaler, dreamily, endemial, gimbaled, halidome, idealism, imbalmed, imblazed, impleads, inflamed, landmine, limeades, maidenly, maladies, maledict, maligned, mandible, medaling, medalist, medallic, medially, medianly, medicals, medieval, melamdim, melanoid, melodias, melodica, miladies, misdeals, misdealt, misleads, misplead, remailed, remedial, semibald. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 64 69 61 6C |
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