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medial
Adjective
  • Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
  • In or near the middle; not at either end.
  • Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline. anatomy
    • Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it. entomology
  • Closer to the addressee. linguistics
  • Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue. linguistics, of a consonant
Noun
  • One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
  • Any of various things that occur in the middle.