distal
English
Etymology
distant + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.təl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪstəl
Adjective
distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)
- (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
- the distal end of a bone or muscle
- (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
- (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.
Antonyms
- (remote from the point): proximal
- (dentistry): mesial
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
- apicodistal
- distal convoluted tubule
- distal goal
- distally
- distalmost
- distal phalange
- distal phalanx
- interdistal
Translations
remote from the point of attachment or origin
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Anagrams
- Dalits, datils, ditals, latids
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.tal/
Audio (file)
Adjective
distal (feminine distale, masculine plural distaux, feminine plural distales)
- (anatomy) distal
Further reading
- “distal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈtaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
distal (strong nominative masculine singular distaler, not comparable)
- distal
Declension
Positive forms of distal (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist distal | sie ist distal | es ist distal | sie sind distal | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | distaler | distale | distales | distale |
genitive | distalen | distaler | distalen | distaler | |
dative | distalem | distaler | distalem | distalen | |
accusative | distalen | distale | distales | distale | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der distale | die distale | das distale | die distalen |
genitive | des distalen | der distalen | des distalen | der distalen | |
dative | dem distalen | der distalen | dem distalen | den distalen | |
accusative | den distalen | die distale | das distale | die distalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein distaler | eine distale | ein distales | (keine) distalen |
genitive | eines distalen | einer distalen | eines distalen | (keiner) distalen | |
dative | einem distalen | einer distalen | einem distalen | (keinen) distalen | |
accusative | einen distalen | eine distale | ein distales | (keine) distalen |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈtaw/ [d͡ʒisˈtaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈtaw/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃˈtal/ [diʃˈtaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: dis‧tal
Adjective
distal m or f (plural distais)
- (anatomy, geology) distal (remote from the point of attachment or origin)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French distal.
Adjective
distal m or n (feminine singular distală, masculine plural distali, feminine and neuter plural distale)
- (anatomy) distal
Declension
Declension of distal
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | distal | distală | distali | distale | ||
definite | distalul | distala | distalii | distalele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | distal | distale | distali | distale | ||
definite | distalului | distalei | distalilor | distalelor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˈtal/ [d̪isˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: dis‧tal
Adjective
distal (plural distales)
- (anatomy) distal
Derived terms
- distalmente
Further reading
- “distal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014