mesial
pronunciation
How to pronounce mesial in British English:
UK ['mi:zɪəl]
How to pronounce mesial in American English:
US ['mizɪrl]
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- Adjective:
- being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
Word Origin
- mesial (adj.)
- "middle, median," 1803, an irregular formation from Greek mesos "middle" (see meso-) + -al (1). Related: Mesially.
Example
- 1. The mesial prefrontal cortex is thought to be important to social and other behavior and emotions .
- 2. Specifically , they found autistic children had 79 percent more neurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and 29 percent more in the mesial prefrontal cortex than other kids .
- 3. The activity of regions such as the nucleus accumbens , insula , and mesial prefrontal cortex give researchers insight into how consumers respond to specific stimuli .