medial

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Following tests, Romero is now expected to miss up to eight weeks with a high-grade partial tear of his medial cruciate ligament.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

After the game, coach Eric Musselman said he thought Baker-Mazara likely suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament, but he won’t know for sure until the team receives MRI exam results.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

And in the Simpsons neuron case, for example, it was just a subset of neurons in the medial temporal lobe that behaved with extreme specificity to enable patients to quickly grasp the relevant concept.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

She dislocated her shoulder the day before travelling to Paris, having previously torn the medial collateral ligament in her right knee.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

The medial ramus of the pterygoid does not articulate with the otic capsule, and the parasphenoid alae are laterally, rather than posterolaterally, oriented.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.