MEDIAL Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

medial

adjective

ˈmē-dē-əl

Definition of medial

as in middle

occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes four is the medial number between one and seven

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Recent Examples of medial The operation is a grafting procedure in which doctors take tendons from another part of the body – the forearm, hamstring, hip or knee – and replace the medial ligament in the elbow with the grafted portion. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 If you have been bitten or scratched by any stray animals or an animal suspected to have rabies, seek medial care immediately and let your provider know about the possible exposure. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 July 2026 In addition to supportive footwear, try to stretch the medial arch. — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 26 June 2026 So, medial epicondylitis or golfer’s elbow is, voilà, inflammation of the medial epicondyle. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for medial

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Adjective

Most business problems live in a middle zone where part of the output can be checked automatically and the rest needs judgment.

— Dhyey Mavani, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Edwin Díaz was coming in from the bullpen, not to the accompaniment of a live trumpeter preceding a save opportunity, but to a recording preceding a middle inning of an uninspiring defeat.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of middle

Adjective

The 24-year-old, like Gordon, who replaced him in the second half, offered energetic pressing, even sprinting from close to the halfway line to close down the goalkeeper at one point.

— Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The 26-year-old information technology administrator consumed a Red Bull energy drink around the film's halfway mark to stay alert.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026

Definition of halfway

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Meet the new power couple—but there’s a catch DINKs have long been the couple to envy on paper, with a median household income of $193,900, compared with $151,900 for dual-income couples with kids, per Pew Research Center.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Circana found that the median little treat costs $5, and the median price of consumers’ most expensive little treat is $10.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of median

Adjective

Martin believes short and intermediate maturities make the most sense.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
In seeking a delay, Arizona’s attorneys said Silver adopted a drastic takeover remedy without first trying intermediate fixes to speed compliance.

— Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermediate

Adjective

The gift targets kids ages 11 to 17 in lower-income areas, with extra emphasis on those near the couple’s central Texas home.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
For Netanyahu and his far-right government, the immiseration of Gaza is not ancillary but central to Israel’s strategy.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of central

Adjective

The new rules also call for closer regulation of intermediary agencies that assist people with leaving China, and task them with reporting anyone who tries to exit unlawfully.

— Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
Beer distribution—the highly lucrative and highly protected intermediary industry between brewers and bars—is one.

— John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of intermediary

Adjective

Fans of modernist architecture will find much else to enjoy, too – not least in Ibirapuera Park, with its striking array of mid-century buildings by Oscar Niemeyer, including the pavilion that now houses the superb Museu Afro Brasil.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
His seeming lack of curiosity about what happened to Lee in San Francisco felt to me like the product of mid-century white America.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

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