medialize
verbEtymology From medial + -ize.
1
To become more medial.
- Failure of nasal bones to medialize is due to an obstructive phenomenon between the two nasal bones.2008, Michael Evan Sachs, Mastering Revision Rhinoplasty, page 62:
2
To render (a consonant) more medial.
- It is quite possible that the earlier Abenakis may have only partially medialized their consonants after vowels.1902 (January - March), American Anthropologist