medio-, medi-

1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
3. An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; now called, a ravelin.

1. In statistics, a quantity, term, or value that is the midpoint of a set of values; such that the variable has an equal probability of falling above or below it.
2. The middle term of a discrete series arranged in order of magnitude; or, if there is no middle term, the mean of the middle two terms.
3. Situated in a middle or intermediate position; middle; intermediate; neutral.
4. In anatomy, zoology, and botany; in the middle of a body, part, or organ; central, between others; specifically, designating structures in the middle of the anterior aspect of the human forearm.
5. Situated in or directed towards the median plane of a body, organ, or limb.
6. In surgery, designating a surgical incision or procedure made through the midline of the body or over or through the midline of a tumor, organ, etc.

1. Intervening; mediating.
2. In music, relating to or having as a root the mediant of a scale.
3. Again, in music, relating to or designating the mediation of a chant

1. Acting or related through an intermediate person or thing; opposed to immediate.
2. Dependent on or involving an intermediate person, thing, or action.
3. To bring about or obtain (an agreement, treaty, etc.) by acting as mediator; to bring about by intercession: "The lawyer tried to mediate between the car company and the auto union."
4. To be the intermediary or medium concerned in bringing about (a result) or conveying (a message, gift, etc.).
5. To moderate, to mitigate; to lessen, to reduce.

To mediate a dispute is to try to find a middle ground or compromise on which both sides may agree.

Auscultation performed by the aid of an instrument (stethoscope) interposed between the ear and the body part being examined.

1. A person who intervenes between two parties; especially, for the purpose of effecting reconciliation; an intercessor.
2. A person who brings about an agreement, treaty, etc., or settles a dispute by mediation.
3. An intermediate agent; something which effects a transition between one stage or state and another.
4. In physiology and chemistry, an enzyme, hormone, or other chemical substance which acts as an intermediate or carrier in, or otherwise influences, a chemical, physiological, or pathological process.

A mediator suggests compromises, acts as a go-between, and tries to get both sides to agree to something.

1. A female mediator.
2. Often applied to the Virgin Mary, believed in many Christian denominations (especially, the Roman Catholic Church) to intercede with God on behalf of mankind.

1. Of or relating to a period of time intervening between (periods designated as) ancient and modern; specifically, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages. Also, of art, religion, etc.; resembling or imitative of that of the Middle Ages.
2. A person who lived in the Middle Ages; also, a person whose outlook or perspective is (regarded as) characteristic of or resembles that of the Middle Ages.

A reference to an anther or other plant part; attached by the middle.

1. Of or relating to the middle of the frontal bone or forehead.
2. Both median and frontal; a reference to the middle of the forehead.