Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distal"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distal
adj 1: (anatomy) situated farthest from point of attachment or
origin, as of a limb or bone [ant: {proximal}]
2: (anatomy) directed away from the midline or mesial plane of
the body [ant: {mesial}]
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