Distal Definition

dĭstəl
adjective
Farthest from the center or the point of attachment or origin; terminal.
Webster's New World
Situated farthest from the middle and front of the jaw, as a tooth or tooth surface.
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Origin of Distal

  • dist(ant) + -al: formed in contrast to proximal

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • dist(ant) –al

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • distant +‎ -al

    From Wiktionary

Distal Sentence Examples

  • Bleeding from a vein is of a darker colour; the flow is steady, and the bleeding is from the distal end of the vessel.

  • The distal portions form the muscles of the tentacles.

  • The longitudinal system is discontinuous, and is subdivided into proximal, medial and distal portions.

  • The maxillaries are connected with the distal anterior corner of the quadrate by the thin, splint-like jugal and quadratojugal.

  • It is almost certain that the distal of these two segments really belongs to the thigh, but the ordinary nomenclature will be used in the present article, as this character is of great importance in discriminating families, and the two segments in question are referred to the trochanter by most systematic writers.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

LALTAL

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distal

Words Starting With D and Ending With L

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With L