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medializing

medializing is the present participle and gerund 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 medializing

What is medializing the present participle and gerund of?
Medializing is the present participle and gerund of medialize.

Words near medializing in the dictionary

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

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