distal

distant +‎ -al

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

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.

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

• (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]}

• Dalits, datils, ditals, latids

• IPA^(key): /dis.tal/

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

1. (anatomy) distal

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

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

distal (not comparable)

1. distal

distal m or f (plural distais, comparable)

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

• IPA^(key): /disˈtal/, [d̪isˈt̪al]

distal (plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

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