distal

English

Etymology

distant +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.təl/
• Rhymes: -ɪstəl

Adjective

distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)

1. (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

   the distal end of a bone or muscle

2. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
3. (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.

Antonyms

• (remote from the point): proximal
• (dentistry): mesial

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Derived terms

• distal goal
• distally

• distalmost
• distal phalange

Translations

remote from the point of attachment or origin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 末梢部的 (mòshāobù de)

• Czech: distální
• Danish: distal (da)
• Dutch: distaal (nl)
• French: distal (fr)
• Greek: άπω (el) (ápo)

• Irish: aimhneasach, foircneach
• Italian: distale (it)
• Polish: dalszy (pl) m
• Portuguese: distal (pt)
• Russian: диста́льный (ru) (distálʹnyj), удалённый (ru) (udaljónnyj) (от це́нтра)
• Spanish: distal (es)
• Swedish: distal (sv)

Anagrams

• Dalits, datils, latids

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tal/

Adjective

distal (feminine singular distale, masculine plural distaux, feminine plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

• “distal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtaːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

distal (not comparable)

1. distal

Declension

Declension of distal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist distal	sie ist distal	es ist distal	sie sind distal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	distaler	distale	distales	distale
	genitive	distalen	distaler	distalen	distaler
	dative	distalem	distaler	distalem	distalen
	accusative	distalen	distale	distales	distale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der distale	die distale	das distale	die distalen
	genitive	des distalen	der distalen	des distalen	der distalen
	dative	dem distalen	der distalen	dem distalen	den distalen
	accusative	den distalen	die distale	das distale	die distalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein distaler	eine distale	ein distales	(keine) distalen
	genitive	eines distalen	einer distalen	eines distalen	(keiner) distalen
	dative	einem distalen	einer distalen	einem distalen	(keinen) distalen
	accusative	einen distalen	eine distale	ein distales	(keine) distalen

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Portuguese

Adjective

distal m, f (plural distais, comparable)

1. (anatomy, geology) distal (remote from the point of attachment or origin)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtal/, [d̪isˈt̪al]

Adjective

distal (plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

• “distal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.