distal
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)
- (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
- the distal end of a bone or muscle
- (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
- (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.
Antonyms
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, incisocervical, 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
Translations
remote from the point of attachment or origin
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal (feminine distale, masculine plural distaux, feminine plural distales)
Further reading
- “distal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal (not comparable)
Declension
Portuguese
Adjective
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal m or f (masculine and feminine plural distales)
Further reading
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