adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

   "the distal end of a bone or muscle"

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

Adjective

1. 1
   situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone wordnet
2. 2
   directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body wordnet

Synonyms

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apartasunderawaydistantexoticfar

Antonyms

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antonym(s) of “remote from the pointfarther from the speaker”mesialproximal

Example

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"the distal end of a bone or muscle"

Etymology

From distant + -al.

Related phrases

distal convoluted tubuledistal goaldistal phalangedistal phalanxdistal radiuswisdom tooth

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