medial

1. 1.

   dividing an animal into right and left halves

   Synonymsmedian

   Similarmesial
2. 2.

   relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

   Synonymsmedian

   Similarcentral

Questions about medial

What does medial mean?

medial means "dividing an animal into right and left halves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in medial?

medial has 3 syllables: me-di-al. The stress falls on "me". In IPA it is /ˈmidiəl/.

What is another word for medial?

Close synonyms include median, median. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is medial a common word?

medial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with medial?

1 word rhymes with medial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.