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mediad

[ mee-dee-ad ]

adverb

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. toward the middle line or plane.


mediad

/ ˈ³¾¾±Ë»åɪæ»å /

adjective

  1. anatomy zoology situated near the median line or plane of an organism
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mediad1

First recorded in 1875–80; medi(al) ( def ) + -ad 3( def )
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

My findings and interpretations do not support previous suggestions that the thoracic artery has undergone a mediad migration, and that the various sites of attachment of that vessel may come to represent various levels of evolution.

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If the jaw were at almost any angle but maximum depression, the greatest component of force would be mediad, pulling the rami together and not upward.

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The mediad component would increase as the jaw approached full adduction.

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The greater part of the adductor chambers lies mediad of the mandibles and thus of the Meckelian fossae; consequently the muscles that arise from the dermal roof pass downward and outward to their insertion on the mandibular rami.

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Mediad: toward the median plane or middle.

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