mesaladj.
/ˈmɛsəl/, /ˈmiːsəl/, U.S. /ˈmɛs(ə)l/ Anatomy and Zoology.
= medial adj. 2b. Cf. mesial adj.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific
rightOE
lefta1200
lowera1400
furtherc1400
lateral?a1425
sinistera1500
upper1528
anterior?1541
inferior1563
superior1566
oblique1578
high1588
ascendant1611
prone1646
peripherial1653
internal1657
supine1661
peripherical1690
gawk1703
ascending1713
adducent1722
submental1722
adductory1752
subdorsal1783
syntropic18..
atlantal1803
mesiad1803
mesial1803
proximal1803
sternal1803
distal1808
peripheral1808
peripheric1818
ventripetal1819
submedial1825
anteriormostc1826
subvertebral1827
afferent1828
sinistral1828
rostral1834
interganglionic1835
submedian1836
mesian1837
haemal1839
supravaginal1844
neural1846
symmetrical1851
suprameatal1853
paraxial1861
posterial1866
hypaxial1873
postaxial1873
preaxial1873
transmedial1876
transmedian1876
mediad1878
horizontal1881
mesal1881
prosomatic1882
dextrad1883
paramedian1890
prorsal1890
ventro-dorsal1895
midsagittal1898
ventro-axial1902
ventro-posterior1903
ipsilateral1907
parasagittal1907
ventromedial1908
homolateral1910
suprasellar1912
supratemporal1975
1881 B. G. Wilder in Science 19 Mar. 124/2 Meson, its derivatives and correlatives... The corresponding adjective is mesal.
1881 B. G. Wilder in Science 9 Apr. 159/2 Near the caudal ends of the mesal borders of the bullæ emerge several nerves.
1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 536/1 The meson, mesal, or medial plane.
1957 Systematic Zool. 6 145/1 When flexed their predominant movement is in a mesal direction.
1986 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 79 510 Mesal lobes of the maxillae of 126 last-stage lepidopterous larvae were observed using a scanning electron microscope.
1996 Syst. Entomol. 21 99 Setae distributed only on mesal surface of galea.
Derivatives
ˈmesally adv. rare = mesially adv.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adverb] > specific
upwardsc1400
posteriorly1598
centrad1803
dextrad1803
distad1803
peripherad1803
proximad1803
sinistrad1803
atlantad1825
rostrad1831
mesially1849
ventrad1849
peripherally1852
posterolaterally1857
rostrally1863
distally1870
medianly1870
ventrally1870
postaxially1873
preaxially1873
posteroventrally1877
proximally1878
mesad1881
lateralwards1882
ventralwards1883
preaxiad1888
mesally1890
anteriad1891
haemad1891
postaxiad1892
lateralward1895
sagittally1895
ventral1899
posteriad1902
ipsilaterally1950
midsagittally1960
ventromedially1960
1890 Cent. Dict. Mesally, in the meson or median plane of the body: as, to cut mesally; to be situated mesally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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