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medialize

medialize verb: to become more medial.

Verb

medialize (third-person singular simple present medializes, present participle medializing, simple past and past participle 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

Forms of medialize

third-person singular presentmedializes
present participlemedializing
past participlemedialized
pastmedialized

Origin of medialize

From medial + -ize.

Questions about medialize

What does medialize mean?
Medialize means to become more medial.
What part of speech is medialize?
Medialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of medialize?
The past tense of medialize is medialized.

Words near medialize in the dictionary

  1. medialised
  2. medialises
  3. medialising
  4. mediality
  5. medialization
  6. medialize
  7. medialized
  8. medializes
  9. medializing
  10. medially
  11. medialmost

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