Both Uses of
medial
in
Middlemarch
- As to all the higher questions which determine the starting-point of a diagnosis—as to the philosophy of medial evidence—any glimmering of these can only come from a scientific culture of which country practitioners have usually no more notion than the man in the moon.†
Chpt 2medial = relating to the middle
- As a medial man I could have no opinion on such a point unless I knew Mr. Tyke, and even then I should require to know the cases in which he was applied.†
Chpt 2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(medial) relating to the middlein various senses, including:
- situated in or extending toward the middle -- as in "the medial prefrontal cortex"
- average or ordinary -- as in "medial length"
- zoology: dividing an animal into right and left halves
- phonetics: pronounced in the middle of the mouth
- linguistics: a sound, syllable, or letter occurring between the initial and final positions in a word
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus