paramedial

English

Etymology

para- +‎ medial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdiəl

Adjective

paramedial (not comparable)

1. Near or next to the middle
   • 2016 February 6, “Cranial Anatomy and Palaeoneurology of the Archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The skeleton comprises 26 partially articulated vertebrae (19 presacral, 3 sacral, and 4 caudal), with articulated paramedial osteoderms in some cervical and dorsal regions; incomplete scapulocoracoids, incomplete humeri, a distal portion of left radius and ulna articulating with carpus; left ilium and pubis, left femur, left tibiae and fibulae articulating with complete pes.

Related terms

• paramesial