mesial

Etymology
Irregular derivation from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to the midline of the body.
 * 2)  Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
 * 1)  Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
 * 1)  Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.

Usage notes
Compare the adjectives mesial,, and , which overlap in meaning but are usually idiomatically non-interchangeable. Each is used in certain contexts, and shades of differentiable meaning are sometimes ascribed. Most uses of mesial are in dentistry, but not all (for example, as with the mesial aspect of the brain's temporal lobe).