Associations to the word «Distal»

Wiktionary

DISTAL, adjective. (anatomy) (geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
DISTAL, adjective. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
DISTAL, adjective. (linguistics) Far from the speaker.
DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE, noun. (anatomy) The section of the nephron in the kidney that connects the loop of Henle to the collecting duct system.
DISTAL GOAL, noun. A long-term or primary goal
DISTAL PHALANGE, noun. Any of the phalanx bones at the tip of the fingers or toes.
DISTAL PHALANGES, noun. Plural of distal phalange

Dictionary definition

DISTAL, adjective. Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.
DISTAL, adjective. Directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King