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Mesially

Me′sial-ly

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adv.
(Anat.)
In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.

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mesially

mesially

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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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