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
- : 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.
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