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Medial (Adjective)

Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.

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The motorway divided to run on either side of the medial service station.
The medial vein branched from the anterior part of the forewing vein in the image.
Her eyes instinctively settled on the person sitting in the medial position on the panel.
Under normal circumstances, the medial ligaments serve to link the opposing bones.
The medial division of the renal column goes downward as lower as the renal sinus.

Dividing an animal into right and left halves.

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A medial plane divides the vertebrate body into right and left halves of approximately equal size.
The medial axis in many animals serves as a point of symmetry from which either half may be considered a mirror image of the other.
In biology, an imaginary plane running through the midline of an animal can be used to divide it into medial and lateral regions.
The term medial, when dividing the body, essentially implies equidistantness from the left and right sides.
A medial division results in the creation of two halves that have anatomical similarities, at least ideally for the case of symmetrical organisms.