distal

From distant +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.təl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstəl

distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)

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

   Antonym: proximal

   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.

• (antonym(s) of “remote from the point, farther from the speaker”): proximal
• (antonym(s) of “dentistry”): mesial

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine)}
• (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,‎ incisocervical,‎ 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)}

• Dalits, datils, ditals, latids

• IPA^(key): /dis.tal/

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

1. (anatomy) distal

• “distal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

distal (strong nominative masculine singular distaler, not comparable)

1. distal

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: dis‧tal

distal m or f (plural distais)

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

Borrowed from French distal.

distal m or n (feminine singular distală, masculine plural distali, feminine and neuter plural distale)

1. (anatomy) distal

• IPA^(key): /disˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: dis‧tal

distal m or f (masculine and feminine plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

• “distal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10