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medialized

medialized is the simple past and past participle of medialize.

Meaning of medialize

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

Questions about medialized

What is medialized the simple past and past participle of?
Medialized is the simple past and past participle of medialize.

Words near medialized in the dictionary

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

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