2
a
: being or occurring in the middle
b
: extending toward the middle
especially
: lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
3
: situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme
medial
noun
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four is the medial number between one and seven
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Theoretical starting center Kristaps Porzingis is still recovering from offseason surgery after tearing his medial retinaculum in his left leg during Game 2 of the NBA Finals, an injury that will likely leave him on the shelf until at least December.
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Hunter Felt, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Her focus is not on the representation of meaning but rather on the medial and material conditions of representation.
—Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
The region—called the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)—may produce a fundamental model of oneself and place it in mental time.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
The 26-year-old Californian was on the short list of athletes Djokovic called after tearing the medial meniscus in his right knee in the fourth round of the French Open.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
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Hunter Felt, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Her focus is not on the representation of meaning but rather on the medial and material conditions of representation.
—Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
The region—called the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)—may produce a fundamental model of oneself and place it in mental time.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
The 26-year-old Californian was on the short list of athletes Djokovic called after tearing the medial meniscus in his right knee in the fourth round of the French Open.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medial. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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medial
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me·di·al
ˈmēd-ē-əl 
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