Mede Mede noun A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia.
Mede Mede noun See lst & 2d Mead , and Meed . [ Obsolete]
Media Me"diˇa noun ,
plural of Medium .
Media Me"diˇa noun ;
plural Medić (-ē). [ New Latin , from Latin
medius middle.]
(Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes β, δ, γ ( b , d , g ), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues , π, τ, κ ( p , t , k ), and the aspiratć (aspirates) φ, θ, χ ( ph or f , th , ch ). Also called middle mute , or medial , and sometimes soft mute .
Mediacy Me"diˇaˇcy noun The state or quality of being mediate. Sir W. Hamilton.
Medial Me"diˇal adjective [ Latin
medialis , from
medius middle: confer French
médial . See
Middle .]
Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.
Medial Me"diˇal noun (Phonetics) See 2d Media .
Medialuna Me"diˇaˇlu"na noun [ Spanish
media luna half-moon.]
(Zoology) See Half- moon .
Median Me"diˇan adjective [ Latin
medianus , from
medius middle. See
Medial .]
1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. 2. (Zoology) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts. Median line .
(a) (Anat.) Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body. (b) (Geom.) The line drawn from an angle of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side; any line having the nature of a diameter. --
Median plane (Anat.) ,
the mesial plane. --
Median point (Geom.) ,
the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect.
Median Me"diˇan noun (Geom.) A median line or point.
Mediant Me"diˇant noun [ Latin
medians , past participle of
mediare to halve: confer Italian
mediante , French
médiante .]
(Mus.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
Mediastinal Me`diˇasˇti"nal adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.
Mediastine Me`diˇas"tine Me`di*as*ti"num noun [ New Latin mediastinum , from Latin medius middle; confer mediastinus helper, a menial servant, Late Latin mediastinus equiv. to medius : cf French médiastin .] (Anat.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space , contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.
Mediate Me"diˇate adjective [ Latin
mediatus , past participle of
mediare , transitive verb , to halve, intransitive verb , to be in the middle. See
Mid , and confer
Moiety .]
1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior. 2. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition. 3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition. Bacon. An act of mediate knowledge is complex.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Mediate Me"diˇate intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mediated ;
present participle & verbal noun Mediating .] [ Late Latin
mediatus , past participle of
mediare to mediate. See
Mediate ,
adjective ]
1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [ R.]
2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.
Mediate Me"diˇate transitive verb 1. To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace. 2. To divide into two equal parts. [ R.]
Holder.
Mediately Me"diˇateˇly adverb In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately . God worketh all things amongst us mediately .
Sir W. Raleigh. The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king.
Blakstone.
Mediateness Me"diˇateˇness noun The state of being mediate.
Mediation Me`diˇa"tion noun [ Middle English
mediacioun , French
médiation . See
Mediate ,
adjective ]
1. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. The soul [ acts] by the mediation of these passions.
South. 2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession. Bacon.
Mediative Me"diˇaˇtive adjective Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts. Beaconsfield.
Mediatization Me`diˇat`iˇza"tion noun [ Confer French
médiatisation .]
The act of mediatizing.
Mediatize Me"diˇaˇtize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mediatized ;
present participle & verbal noun Mediatizing .] [ Confer French
médiatiser .]
To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. The misfortune of being a mediatized prince.
Beaconsfield.
Mediator Me"diˇa`tor noun [ Latin
mediator : confer English
médiateur .]
One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Tim. ii. 5.
Mediatorial Me`diˇaˇto"riˇal adjective Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office. --
Me`di*a*to"ri*al*ly ,
adverb My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial .
Burke.
Mediatorship Me"diˇa`torˇship noun The office or character of a mediator.
Mediatory Me"diˇaˇtoˇry adjective Mediatorial.
Mediatress, Mediatrix Me`diˇa"tress, Me`diˇaˇ"trix noun [ Latin
mediatrix , f. of
mediator : confer French
médiatrice .]
A female mediator.
Medic Med"ic noun [ Latin
medica , Greek ... (sc. ...) a kind of clover introduced from
Media , from ... Median.]
(Botany) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago . The black medic is the Medicago lupulina ; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa .
Medic Med"ic adjective [ Latin
medicus .]
Medical. [ R.]
Medicable Med"iˇcaˇble adjective [ Latin
medicabilis , from
medicare ,
medicari , to heal, from
medicus physician. See
Medical .]
Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.
Medical Med"icˇal adjective [ Late Latin
medicalis , Latin
medicus belonging to healing, from
mederi to heal; confer Zend
madha medical science, wisdom, Greek ... to learn, English
mind : confer French
médical .]
1. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence. 2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.
Medically Med"icˇalˇly adverb In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to the principles of the healing art.
Medicament Med"iˇcaˇment noun [ Latin
medicamentum , from
medicare ,
medicari , to heal: confer French
médicament . See
Medicable .]
Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.
Medicamental Med`icaˇmen"tal adjective Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments. --
Med`ica*men"tal*ly , adverb
Medicaster Med"iˇcas`ter noun [ Confer French
médicastre . See
Medical .]
A quack. [ R.]
Whitlock.
Medicate Med"iˇcate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Medicated ;
present participle & verbal noun Medicating .] [ Latin
medicatus , past participle of
medicare ,
medicari . See
Medicable .]
1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. "
Medicated waters."
Arbuthnot. 2. To treat with medicine.
Medication Med`iˇca"tion [ Latin medicatio : confer French médication .] The act or process of medicating.
Medicative Med"iˇcaˇtive adjective Medicinal; acting like a medicine.
Medicean Med`iˇce"an adjective Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the Medicean Venus. Medicean planets (Astron.) ,
a name given by Galileo to the satellites of Jupiter.
Medicinable Meˇdic"iˇnaˇble adjective Medicinal; having the power of healing. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Medicinal Meˇdic"iˇnal adjective [ Latin
medicinalis : confer French
médicinal . See
Medicine .]
1. Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs. Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.
Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
Medicinally Meˇdic"iˇnalˇly adverb In a medicinal manner.
Medicine Med"iˇcine noun [ Latin
medicina (sc.
ars ), from
medicinus medical, from
medicus : confer French
médecine . See
Medical .]
1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. 2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic. By medicine , life may be prolonged.
Shak. 3. A philter or love potion. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 4. [ French
médecin .]
A physician. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Medicine bag ,
a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. --
Medicine man (among the North American Indians),
a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic. --
Medicine seal ,
a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
Medicine Med"iˇcine transitive verb To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. "
Medicine thee to that sweet sleep."
Shak.
Medicine Med"iˇcine noun 1. (a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert. The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty.
F. H. Giddings. (b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages. 2. Short for Medicine man . 3. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [ Slang]
Medico-legal Med`iˇco-le"gal adjective Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.
Medicommissure Med`iˇcom"misˇsure noun [ Latin
medius middle + English
commissure .]
(Anat.) A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure. B. G. Wildex.
Medicornu Med`iˇcor"nu noun ;
plural Medicornua . [ New Latin , from Latin
medius middle +
cornu horn.]
(Anat.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.
Medics Med"ics noun Science of medicine. [ Obsolete]
Mediety Meˇdi"eˇty noun [ Latin
medietas .]
The middle part; half; moiety. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Browne.
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