Medialize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To become more medial.
"Failure of nasal bones to medialize is due to an obstructive phenomenon between the two nasal bones."
2
To render (a consonant) more medial.
"It is quite possible that the earlier Abenakis may have only partially medialized their consonants after vowels."

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

From medial + -ize.