mesially

adv

mesially

adv

Etymology From mesial + -ly.

1

Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.

  • The second premolar has two roots, one located mesially and one distally under the crown1999, Friderun Ankel-Simons, Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, page 246:
Derived terms
anteromesially, labiomesially, posteromesially
Related terms
mesial, distally

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