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Distal   /dˈɪstəl/   Listen
Distal

adjective
1.
Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.
2.
Directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body.



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"Distal" Quotes from Famous Books



... determined by the greatest number of their anastomosing branches on either side of the ligature, and the largest amount of the collateral circulation that may be thereby carried on for the support of distal parts. ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise


Words linked to "Distal" :   lateral, mesial, general anatomy, proximal, anatomy


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