Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesially

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: mesial-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.

Example Sentences

"The second premolar has two roots, one located mesially and one distally under the crown"

Etymology

Etymology tree English mesial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mesially From mesial + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more mesially (comparative) most mesially (superlative)

Derived Forms

anteromesially labiomesially posteromesially

Frequently Paired Words

mesial distally

Questions

What does mesially mean?: Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
Where does mesially come from?: Etymology tree English mesial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mesially From mesial + -ly.

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