Medialize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become more medial.

    "Failure of nasal bones to medialize is due to an obstructive phenomenon between the two nasal bones."

  2. 2
    To render (a consonant) more medial.

    "It is quite possible that the earlier Abenakis may have only partially medialized their consonants after vowels."

Synonyms

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ventralize

Example

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"Failure of nasal bones to medialize is due to an obstructive phenomenon between the two nasal bones."

Etymology

From medial + -ize.

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