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Definition of Distal

1. Adjective. Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.

2. Adjective. Directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body.

Definition of Distal

1. a. Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle

Definition of Distal

1. Adjective. (anatomy geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle. ¹

2. Adjective. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distal

1. located far from the point of origin [adj] : DISTALLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Distal

1. Remote, farther from any point of reference, opposed to proximal. Used to designate a position on the dental arch farther from the median line of the jaw. Origin: L. Distans = distant This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distal

dissyllables dissymmetric dissymmetrical dissymmetrically dissymmetries dissymmetry dissympathy distad distaff distaff side

distaffs distain distained distaining distains distal caries distal convoluted tubule distal end distal end cutter distal goal

distal ileitis distal interphalangeal joints distal muscular dystrophy distal occlusion distal part of anterior lobe of hypophysis distal phalange distal phalanges distal radioulnar articulation

Literary usage of Distal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (1891)
"The distal band, as I shall presently show, can be further separated into a ... The arrangement of the nuclei »vhich make up the distal band is most easily ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1881)
"Ix reporting the following case of the double distal ligature for the relief of an aneurism involving (as diagnosticated) the aorta at the junction of the ..."

3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"of the distal row are, reckoned in the same order, trapezium (trpm. ... The distal (ungual) phalanges are grooved dorsally for the attachment of the horny ..."

4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"The width of the distal end of this specimen is 97 mm. ; the width of the ... end of the conjoined radius and ulna and the distal end of the ulna and part ..."

5. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"The distal portion of the finger becomes red and swollen. Early it is tender to the touch and this tenderness is most marked over the site of the infection. ..."

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