Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mesial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mesial \Me"sial\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ? middle.] (Anat.)
Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane;
internal; -- opposed to {lateral}.
{Mesial plane}. (Anat.) See {Meson}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mesial
adj : (anatomy) being in or directed toward the midline or mesial
plane of the body [ant: {distal}]
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