mesial

adjective

Of, in, near, or toward the middle.

adjective

Situated toward the middle of the front of the jaw along the curve of the dental arch.

Pertaining to the middle; being in the middle; in zoology, pertaining to or on the middle line or plane of the body; median. Also mesian

adjective

Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; — opposed to lateral.

adjective

See Meson.

adjective

pertaining to the middle line of the body

adjective

Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

adjective

being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body