Chronic stress can occur in response to everday stressors that are ignored or poorly managed, as well as to exposure to traumatic events.
medial. [mÄâ²dÄÂ·Él]. Etymology: L, medius, middle. 1 pertaining to, situated in, or oriented toward the midline of the body. 2 pertaining to the tunica media, the middle layer of a blood vessel wall. Also mesial. adjective Toward the centre, middle, median, as of the body.
medial malleolus, the rounded process of the tibia forming the internal surface of the ankle joint. Also called internal malleolus. A medial process from the distal tibia which, with the lateral malleolus, forms a mortise, into which the talus articulates.