MESIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

medial; median (dividing an animal into right and left halves)

sagittal (located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Antonym:

distal (directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body)