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Distal

//ˈdɪs.təl// adj

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

Etymology

From distant + -al.

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