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,‎ 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

• 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 (cs)
• Danish: distal (da)
• Dutch: distaal (nl)
• Finnish: kaukainen (fi), distaalinen (fi)
• French: distal (fr)
• Greek: άπω (el) (ápo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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, ditals, latids

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tal/

Adjective

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

1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

• “distal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtaːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

distal (not comparable)

1. distal

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Portuguese

Adjective

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtal/ [d̪isˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

distal m or f (masculine and feminine plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001