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mesial

/mee-zee-uhl, -see-, mez-ee-uhl, mes-/US // ˈmi zi əl, -si-, ˈmɛz i əl, ˈmɛs- //UK // (ˈmiːzɪəl) //

中轴线,中线,中侧,中轴

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : medial.
    • : Dentistry. directed toward the sagittal plane or midline of the face, along the dental arch.Compare buccal, distal.

Examples

  • Pallas describes the black of the tail as passing upwards in a mesial line.

  • The first form is known as upward luxation and is made possible by rupture of the mesial (internal) femeropatellar ligament.

  • Sprains of the mesial tarsal ligaments cause lameness somewhat similar to that of spavin.

  • Standing exactly at the back, there is a remarkable flatness at the lower end of the mesial groove.

  • On the mesial side of this corpus dentatum lie three smaller nuclei.