different between medial vs pterygopalatine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medi?lis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi?.di.?l/
• Rhymes: -i?di?l

Adjective

medial (comparative more medial, superlative most medial)

1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a mean or average.

2. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
   1. (anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of a organ.

      Antonym: lateral

   2. (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
   3. (phonetics) (of a speech sound) In the middle of a word.
   4. (phonetics) (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
   5. (linguistics) Closer to the addressee.

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}

Derived terms

Related terms

• median

Translations

Noun

medial (plural medials)

1. Any of various things that occur in the middle.
   1. One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.

References

• “medial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “medial”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Dameli, Imelda, mailed

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /med?i?a?l/

Adjective

medial (not comparable)

1. medial

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French médial, from Latin medialis.

Adjective

medial m or n (feminine singular medial?, masculine plural mediali, feminine and neuter plural mediale)

1. medial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medi?lis. Cf. also meaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?djal/, [me?ð?jal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

medial (plural mediales)

1. medial

Derived terms

• anteromedial
• inferomedial
• superomedial

Further reading

• “medial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• pterygopalatin (misspelling)
• pterygopalate

Etymology

Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopal?t?nus, from pterygo?d?s (“winglike”) +? pal?t?nus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- +? palatine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?.???.?(?)?pal.?.t??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??.??.o??pæl.??ta?n/
• Rhymes: -æl?ta?n

Adjective

pterygopalatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the indented area medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure leading into the sphenopalatine foramen.

Derived terms

• pterygopalatine fossa
• pterygopalatine ganglion

Translations

References

• “pterygopalatine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pte.ry.?o.pa.la??ti?.ne/, [pt??????pä??ä??t?i?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pte.ri.?o.pa.la?ti.ne/, [pt???i??p?l??t?i?n?]

Adjective

pterygopal?t?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pterygopal?t?nus