MESIAL

mesial

(adjective) being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mesial (not comparable)

(anatomy) Pertaining to the midline of the body.

(dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

Antonyms

• (dentistry): distal

Anagrams

• Lamies, Maisel, Misael, Salemi, e-mails, emails, mesail, samiel

Source: Wiktionary


Me"sial, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Definition: Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral. Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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