Medially vs Medically - What's the difference?

As adverbs the difference between medially and medically

is that medially is in or relating to the middle while medically is for medical purposes.

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In or relating to the middle.

(anatomy) In a medial direction or location; near or along the midline.

(anatomy) In a medial direction or location; nearer or toward the midline.

(linguistics) Inside a word; neither initially nor finally.

* (near or along the midline) laterally * (nearer or toward the midline) laterally * (in the middle of a word) initially; finally

(en adverb)

For medical purposes.

This drug should be used medically rather than recreationally.

In a medical manner or context.

medically speaking