Noun: medius
| Singular | medius |
| Plural | medii |
Sample Sentences
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An analysis of the determined cases shows that the index was the digit most frequently amputated, next the medius, next the ring finger, next the thumb, and lastly the little finger [1876, Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion:]
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There is an interesting abnormality in finger length, the medius being especially long[…] [1945, Charlotte Wolff, A Psychology of Gesture:]
Nouns inflected like medius
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin from Latin medius (“middle”). See medium. Doublet of minge and middle. See: Latin Nouns '
medius'.