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   medial

   /ˈmiːdɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. situated in the middle. technical
   • ▪ situated near the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ: technical "a medial ligament"
   • ▪ (of a speech sound) in the middle of a word: technical "a medial consonant"
   • ▪ (of a vowel) pronounced in the middle of the mouth; central. technical

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘relating to the mean or average’): from late Latin medialis, from Latin medius ‘middle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. medially adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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