distaladj.
/ˈdɪstəl/ a. Anatomy. Situated away from the centre of the body, or from the point of origin (said of the extremity or distant part of a limb or organ); terminal. Opposed to proximal.
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rightOE
lefta1200
lowera1400
furtherc1400
lateral?a1425
sinistera1500
upper1528
anterior?1541
inferior1563
superior1566
oblique1578
high1588
ascendant1611
prone1646
peripherial1653
internal1657
supine1661
peripherical1690
gawk1703
ascending1713
adducent1722
submental1722
adductory1752
subdorsal1783
syntropic18..
atlantal1803
mesiad1803
mesial1803
proximal1803
sternal1803
distal1808
peripheral1808
peripheric1818
ventripetal1819
submedial1825
anteriormostc1826
subvertebral1827
afferent1828
sinistral1828
rostral1834
interganglionic1835
submedian1836
mesian1837
haemal1839
supravaginal1844
neural1846
symmetrical1851
suprameatal1853
paraxial1861
posterial1866
hypaxial1873
postaxial1873
preaxial1873
transmedial1876
transmedian1876
mediad1878
horizontal1881
mesal1881
prosomatic1882
dextrad1883
paramedian1890
prorsal1890
ventro-dorsal1895
midsagittal1898
ventro-axial1902
ventro-posterior1903
ipsilateral1907
parasagittal1907
ventromedial1908
homolateral1910
suprasellar1912
supratemporal1975
1808 J. Barclay Muscular Motions 415 The bones of the distal phalanx.
1814 J. H. Wishart tr. Scarpa Hernia p. xvi Each pair of the extremities..have a proximal and a distal end; the former being that nearest the trunk, the latter that most remote.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants x. 251 From the distal to the basal end of a leaf.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 37 The paw is the distal part of a limb.
b. transferred.
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desinent1608
terminal1650
terminatory1675
distal1882
1882 D. Hooper in Standard 10 Oct. 2/2 The drainage-pipes are..very imperfectly..connected at their proximal or house termination, although they must, by the Act, be well connected at their distal or main drain termination.
1885 E. Klein Micro-org. (1886) 20 The distal end of the tube is introduced..into the neck of the sterilised flask.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 3/2 The distal message can be reproduced type-written.
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Geology. Designating or characteristic of an area relatively far from a sedimentation zone, volcanic vent, or other region of geological activity, but close enough to have been influenced by it.
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1949 F. J. Pettijohn Sedimentary Rocks xiv. 444 The terms ‘proximal’, ‘axial’, or ‘distal’ may also be applied to the deposits according to their position in the trough of deposition.
1968 Embleton & King Glacial & Periglacial Geomorphol. (1971) ix. 224 The features eroded by actively moving ice sheets are generally asymmetrical, having steeper proximal slopes than distal slopes.
1979 Nature 25 Jan. 290/1 The greywackes grade from a proximal, quartz-rich, conglomeratic facies at the base, to a distal, finegrained, apparently volcaniclastic facies towards the top.
1985 Thorpe & Brown Field Descr. Igneous Rocks v. 55 The distal zone (beyond ca. 5–15 km from the central vent, and extending beyond the volcano) is characterized by pyroclastic flow deposits.
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