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medial

Main Entry:: me·di·al
Pronunciation:: \ˈmē-dē-əl\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Late Latin medialis, from Latin medius
Date:: 1570

1: mean , average2 a: being or occurring in the middle b: extending toward the middle ; especially : lying or extending toward the median axis of the body3: situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme

— medial noun

— me·di·al·ly

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\-ə-lē\ adverb

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