Definition of Mesially

1. adv. In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.

Definition of Mesially

1. Adverb. Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mesially

1. mesial [adv] - See also: mesial

Medical Definition of Mesially

1. In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesially

meshuggener
meshuggeners
meshweb weaver
meshweb weavers
meshwork
meshworks
meshy
mesiad
mesial
mesial caries
mesial displacement
mesial occlusion
mesial plane
mesial surface of tooth
mesially (current term)
mesian
mesic
mesically
mesidine
mesio-
mesio-occlusal
mesio-occlusion
mesiobuccal
mesiobucco-occlusal
mesiobuccopulpal
mesiocervical
mesioclusion
mesiodens
mesiodistal

Literary usage of Mesially

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1903)
"pharyngeal process of the same bone, and from a tendinous line that extends a short distance mesially from the process, along the posterior edge of the ..."

2. Applied Orthodontia: An Introductory Text for Students and Practitioners of by James David McCoy (1922)
"If the molars are tipped mesially, this would mean that the tubes will ... Straightening up molars tipped mesially. The position of the arch wire when ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1916)
"Similarly fine myelinated fibers arise in the lateral zone of the globus pallidus and cross mesially in radial bundles to the mesial zone, (c) From caudate ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Body covered with large cycloid scales ; sides of the head osseous. Margin of the upper jaw formed by the single intermaxillary mesially and by the ..."

5. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"Basal bands not mesially produced. . . . dictator Dyar & Knab (p. ... 27 Abdomen spotted dorsally or the bands triangularly mesially produced . ..."

6. Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis by Abraham Sophian (1913)
"A puncture mesially in the lumbosacral space could probably have been done with equal safety in all the dissections, but it must be regarded as second in ..."

7. The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh by William Turner (1912)
"In the Baleen Whales the pterygoids are small and separated mesially by a wide cleft; the palate plates of the palate bones are large. ..."

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