distal
/ˈdɪs.təl/
distal adjective: remote from the point of attachment or origin.
Adjective
distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)
- Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
- the distal end of a bone or muscle
- Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton[…].2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27
- Antonyms:
- proximal
- Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
- Far or farther from the speaker.
distal meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Indonesian
distal in Tamil
- மையத்தினின்றும் மிகவிலகிய, சேய்மையிலுள்ள, அப்பால், சேய்மையில், தூரமான, தொலைவில்
distal in Malayalam
- ഒരസ്ഥിയുടെയോ പേശിയുടെയോ ഡിസ്റ്റൽ അഗ്രം
distal in Indonesian
- remote from the point of attachment or origin
- distal
Examples of distal in a sentence
- Also common are languages, like Latin, with a three-way distinction (proximal, medial and distal).
- Acral distribution of a dermatosis means it affects distal portions of limbs (hand, foot) and head (ears, nose).
- The ceratohyoid is slender and it is thickened toward both the proximal and distal extremities.
Antonyms of distal
Forms of distal
| comparative | more distal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most distal |
Origin of distal
From distant + -al.
Words formed from distal
- anterodistal
- apicodistal
- buccodistal
- caudodistal
- centralodistal
- craniodistal
- distal convoluted tubule
- distal goal
- distality
- distalization
- distally
- distalmost
- distal phalange
- distal phalanx
- distal radius
- distalward
- distomedial
- dorsodistal
- ectodistal
- femorodistal
- interdistal
- labiodistal
- laterodistal
- linguodistal
- mediodistal
- mesodistal
- naviculodistal
- nondistal
- palmarodistal
- plantodistal
- posterodistal
- proximodistal
- subdistal
- ultradistal
- ventrodistal
Phrases with distal
Words that rhyme with distal
Questions about distal
- What does distal mean?
- Distal means remote from the point of attachment or origin.
- What is distal in Tamil?
- Distal in Tamil is மையத்தினின்றும் மிகவிலகிய, சேய்மையிலுள்ள, அப்பால். See Distal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is distal?
- Distal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce distal?
- Distal is pronounced /ˈdɪs.təl/.
Words near distal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: distal (page history and authors); distal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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