"distal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪs.təl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-distal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more distal [comparative], most distal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪstəl Etymology: distant + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|distant|al}} distant + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)
  1. (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Geology Coordinate_terms (human anatomy direction adjectives): anterior Translations (remote from the point of attachment or origin): периферен (periferen) (Bulgarian), distal (Catalan), 末梢部的 (mòshāobù de) (Chinese Mandarin), distální (Czech), distal (Danish), distaal (Dutch), kaukainen (Finnish), distaalinen (Finnish), distal (French), distal [medicine, sciences] (German), άπω (ápo) (Greek), aimhneasach (Irish), foircneach (Irish), distale (Italian), dûrî (Northern Kurdish), dalszy [masculine] (Polish), distal (Portuguese), distal (Romanian), диста́льный (distálʹnyj) (Russian), удалённый (udaljónnyj) (alt: от це́нтра) (Russian), distal (Spanish), distal (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-distal-en-adj-H6ZKXwV2 Topics: anatomy, geography, geology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'human anatomy direction adjectives': 48 32 21 Disambiguation of 'remote from the point of attachment or origin': 88 2 10
  2. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw. Categories (topical): Dentistry
    Sense id: en-distal-en-adj-Avo2XaeI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 64 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 17 64 19 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
  3. (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-distal-en-adj-2-aHVAww Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apicodistal, distal convoluted tubule, distal goal, distally, distalmost, distal phalange, distal phalanx, interdistal

Alternative forms

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      "word": "buccopalatal"
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      "word": "cervical"
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      "word": "coronal"
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      "word": "coronoapical"
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      "word": "distofacial"
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      ],
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      ],
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      "word": "incisocervical"
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      ],
      "word": "inferior"
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      ],
      "word": "labial"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "lingual"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "linguobuccal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "linguo-occlusal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mandibular"
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      ],
      "word": "maxillary"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesial"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesioapical"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesiobuccal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesiocervical"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesiocoronal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesiodistal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesiofacial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "mesioincisal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "mesiogingival"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "mesiolingual"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "mesio-occlusal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "mesioclusal"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "word": "mesiocclusal"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "mesiopalatal"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "word": "occlusal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "palatal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "posterior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "proximal"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "superior"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "vestibular [edit]"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "apicodistal"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "distal convoluted tubule"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "distal goal"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "distal phalange"
    },
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      "word": "distal phalanx"
    },
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    }
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      "form": "more distal",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "mòshāobù de",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "末梢部的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "distální"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "distal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "distaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "kaukainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "distaalinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "distal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "topics": [
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            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "distal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ápo",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "άπω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "aimhneasach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "foircneach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "distale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
          "word": "dûrî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "kaukainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "distal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ápo",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "άπω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "aimhneasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "foircneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distale"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "dûrî"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dalszy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "distálʹnyj",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "диста́льный"
    },
    {
      "alt": "от це́нтра",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udaljónnyj",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "удалённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remote from the point of attachment or origin",
      "word": "distal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "distal"
}

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