different between mesial vs mesially

English

Etymology

Irregular derivation from Ancient Greek ????? (mésos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?z??l/

Adjective

mesial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the midline of the body.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

     His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!

2. (dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

Antonyms

• (dentistry): distal

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Lamies, Maisel, Misael, Salemi, Sliema, e-mails, emails, mesail, samiel

English

Etymology

mesial +? -ly

Adverb

mesially (comparative more mesially, superlative most mesially)

1. Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
   • 1999, Friderun Ankel-Simons, Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, page 246

     The second premolar has two roots, one located mesially and one distally under the crown

Related terms

• mesial

See also

• distally