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Mesial vs Hemisection - What's the difference?

mesial | hemisection |

As an adjective mesial

is pertaining to the middle line of the body.

As a noun hemisection is

a division along the mesial plane.

mesial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • pertaining to the middle line of the body
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce),
    • His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!
  • (dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

    • Antonyms

    * (dentistry) distal

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    hemisection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A division along the mesial plane.
  • (anatomy) One of the parts thus divided.
    • (Webster 1913)