'Distal' definitions:
adjective
Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone [ant:
proximal]
adjective
Directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body [ant:
mesial]
- 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.
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