n.
Pronunciation: ' m ē -d ē - ə l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin medialis, from Latin medius
Date: 1570
1 : MEAN , AVERAGE
2 a : being or occurring in the middle b : extending toward the middle especially : lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
3 : situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme
– medial noun
– me · di · al · ly \ - ə -l ē \ adverb