mesially

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

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