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paramedial

paramedial adjective: near or next to the middle.

Adjective

paramedial (not comparable)

  1. Near or next to the middle.
    • The skeleton comprises 26 partially articulated vertebrae (19 presacral, 3 sacral, and 4 caudal), with articulated paramedial osteoderms in some cervical and dorsal regions; incomplete scapulocoracoids, incomplete humeri, a distal portion of left radius and ulna articulating with carpus; left ilium...2016 February 6, “Cranial Anatomy and Palaeoneurology of the Archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of paramedial

From para- + medial.

Words that rhyme with paramedial

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Questions about paramedial

What does paramedial mean?
Paramedial means near or next to the middle.
What part of speech is paramedial?
Paramedial is an adjective.

Words near paramedial in the dictionary

  1. paramecia
  2. paramecial
  3. paramecium
  4. parameciums
  5. paramed
  6. paramedial
  7. paramedially
  8. paramedian
  9. paramedic
  10. paramedical
  11. paramedicalization

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