distal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: distal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distal adj situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone Antonym(s): proximal directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body Antonym(s): mesial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distal \Dis"tal\, a. [From {Distant}.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to {proximal}. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.