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mesially

mesially adverb: toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.

Adverb

mesially (comparative more mesially, superlative most mesially)

  1. Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
    • The second premolar has two roots, one located mesially and one distally under the crown1999, Friderun Ankel-Simons, Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, page 246

Forms of mesially

comparativemore mesially
superlativemost mesially

Origin of mesially

From mesial + -ly.

Words formed from mesially

Questions about mesially

What does mesially mean?
Mesially means toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
What part of speech is mesially?
Mesially is an adverb.

Words near mesially in the dictionary

  1. mesial planes
  2. mesialization
  3. mesializations
  4. mesialize
  5. mesialized
  6. mesially
  7. mesialmost
  8. mesian
  9. mesias
  10. mesic
  11. mesically

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