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Medial vs Mediolateral - What's the difference?

medial | mediolateral |

As adjectives the difference between medial and mediolateral

is that medial is central; middle (relating to the middle) while mediolateral is of or pertaining to both the medial plane and the side.

medial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
  • :
  • In or near the middle; not at either end.
  • *
  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial , or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
  • (lb) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline.
  • :
  • # (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
  • (lb) Closer to the addressee.
  • Antonyms

    * (anatomy) lateral

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * medial capital * medially

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
  • Any of various things that occur in the middle.
  • Anagrams

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    mediolateral

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to both the medial plane and the side