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mesially

adverb

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Etymology: Etymology tree English mesial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mesially From mesial + -ly.

  1. Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.

    The second premolar has two roots, one located mesially and one distally under the crown