distal
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.təl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪstəl
Adjective
distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)
- (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
- Antonym: proximal
- the distal end of a bone or muscle
- (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
- (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
- anterior
- apical
- apicocoronal
- axial
- buccal
- buccoapical
- buccocervical
- buccogingival
- buccolabial
- buccolingual
- bucco-occlusal
- buccopalatal
- cervical
- coronal
- coronoapical
- distal
- distoapical
- distobuccal
- distocclusal
- distocervical
- distoclusal
- distocoronal
- distofacial
- distogingival
- distoincisal
- distolingual
- disto-occlusal
- distopalatal
- facial
- gingival
- incisal
- incisocervical
- inferior
- labial
- lingual
- linguobuccal
- linguo-occlusal
- mandibular
- maxillary
- mesial
- mesioapical
- mesiobuccal
- mesiocclusal
- mesiocervical
- mesioclusal
- mesiocoronal
- mesiodistal
- mesiofacial
- mesiogingival
- mesioincisal
- mesiolingual
- mesio-occlusal
- mesiopalatal
- occlusal
- palatal
- posterior
- proximal
- superior
- vestibular
Derived terms
- anterodistal
- apicodistal
- buccodistal
- caudodistal
- centralodistal
- craniodistal
- distal convoluted tubule
- distal goal
- distality
- distalization
- distally
- distalmost
- distal phalange
- distal phalanx
- distalward
- distomedial
- dorsodistal
- ectodistal
- femorodistal
- interdistal
- labiodistal
- laterodistal
- linguodistal
- mediodistal
- mesodistal
- naviculodistal
- nondistal
- palmarodistal
- plantodistal
- posterodistal
- proximodistal
- subdistal
- ultradistal
- ventrodistal
Translations
remote from the point of attachment or origin
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal (feminine distale, masculine plural distaux, feminine plural distales)
Further reading
- “distal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal (strong nominative masculine singular distaler, not comparable)
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist distal | sie ist distal | es ist distal | sie sind distal | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | distaler | distale | distales | distale |
| genitive | distalen | distaler | distalen | distaler | |
| dative | distalem | distaler | distalem | distalen | |
| accusative | distalen | distale | distales | distale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der distale | die distale | das distale | die distalen |
| genitive | des distalen | der distalen | des distalen | der distalen | |
| dative | dem distalen | der distalen | dem distalen | den distalen | |
| accusative | den distalen | die distale | das distale | die distalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein distaler | eine distale | ein distales | (keine) distalen |
| genitive | eines distalen | einer distalen | eines distalen | (keiner) distalen | |
| dative | einem distalen | einer distalen | einem distalen | (keinen) distalen | |
| accusative | einen distalen | eine distale | ein distales | (keine) distalen | |
Positive forms of distal (uncomparable)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal m or f (plural distais)
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
distal m or n (feminine singular distală, masculine plural distali, feminine and neuter plural distale)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | distal | distală | distali | distale | |||
| definite | distalul | distala | distalii | distalele | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | distal | distale | distali | distale | |||
| definite | distalului | distalei | distalilor | distalelor | ||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
distal m or f (masculine and feminine plural distales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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
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