Distal

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  • adjective. Anatomically located far from a point of reference, such as an origin or a point of attachment.
  • adjective. Situated farthest from the middle and front of the jaw, as a tooth or tooth surface.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In anatomy, situated away from the center of the body; being at the end; terminal; peripheral: the opposite of proximal: as, the distal end of a limb, a bone, or other part or organ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Remote from the point of attachment or origin
  • adjective. Pertaining to that which is distal.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
  • adjective. Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
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  • adjective. situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
  • adjective. directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body
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