mesial

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Tooth orientation: M: mesial, D: distal, V: vestibular, and L: lingual.

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  1. adjective Of, in, near, or toward the middle.
  2. adjective Dentistry Situated toward the middle of the front of the jaw along the curve of the dental arch.

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  • Doc Savage turned from a table on which he had been sketching and explaining a method of treating the part of the human brain known as the mesial accessory olivary nucleus. —  067 - The Red Terrors
  • Tooth orientation: M: mesial, D: distal, V: vestibular, and L: lingual. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • However, the three mesial cusps display highly variable size and position. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The most mesial element varies from a large rounded cusp (arrowed in Fig. 2P). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The T2 encompasses four cusps, three mesial interconnected and an isolated distal one. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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  1. from New Latin mesialis (formed according to medialis, medial), from Greek μέσος, middle, mid: see meson.
 

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/ˈmɛsiəl/
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