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Mesial vs Mesiad - What's the difference?

mesial | mesiad |

As an adjective mesial

is pertaining to the middle line of the body.

As an adverb mesiad is

toward, or on the side toward, 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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    mesiad

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane.

    • Related terms

    * laterad (Webster 1913)