Crossword clues for mesial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mesial \Me"sial\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. me`sos middle.] (Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral.
Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 pertaining to the middle line of the body 2 (context dentistry English) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
WordNet
adj. being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body [ant: distal]
Usage examples of "mesial".
This, however, is evidently not a persistent form, because I have seen a specimen from the same island in which the red portion of the upper parts is grizzled and much of the same tint as Malayan individuals, except in the mesial line of the neck and back, where the colour is rich red-brown extending along the dorsum of the tail for about three inches.
Doc Savage turned from a table on which he had been sketching and explaining a method of treating the part of the human brain known as the mesial accessory olivary nucleus.
The mesial axis of the os calcis is almost directly vertical, with a slight forward inclination, forming a right angle with the bones in front of the mediotarsal joint.