Distal

Definition: Distal

Distal

Adjective

1. (anatomy) situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.

2. (anatomy) directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body.

Note: Distal \Dis"tal\, adjective. [From Distant.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Distal

Domain	Definition
Health	Remote; farther from any point of reference; opposed to proximal. In dentistry, used to designate a position on the dental arch farther from the median line of the jaw. (references)
Medicine	Refers to a point of the extremities which is farther from the trunk than another. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Distal

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
DIP	English	Distal interphalangeal	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Antonyms: mesial (adj), proximal (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Distal

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Distance	Adjective: distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; Verb: yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Distal

English words defined with "distal": ankle, ankle joint, articulatio radiocarpea, articulatio talocruralis ♦ cardiac sphincter, carpus, cloven foot, cloven hoof ♦ Dentary, Distad ♦ Epitrochlea ♦ Jacksonian epilepsy ♦ Macrochires, Malleolus, mortise joint, Myxa ♦ Palmated, pentail, pen-tailed tree shrew, postganglionic, pressure point ♦ radiocarpal joint, Recurrent pulse ♦ Tarsometatarsus ♦ wrist, wrist joint. (references)

Specialty definitions using "distal": axonal degeneration ♦ benign lymphogranulomatosis, Besnier-Boeck disease, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann syndrome, Boeck's sarcoid ♦ caliculus ophthalmicus, Catheter Ablation, Coronary Artery Bypass ♦ Feces, Impacted ♦ Hirschsprung Disease ♦ Jejunoileal Bypass, Juxtaglomerular Apparatus ♦ Kallikrein-Kinin System, Kidney Tubules, Collecting ♦ latero-terminal anastomosis, Loop of Henle, lupus pernio ♦ Mallory-Weiss Syndrome, Mortimer disease ♦ Nerve Transfer, Neuropil Threads ♦ opthalmic calix, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal ♦ Peptide YY, Polarity of Translation, Polyneuropathies, Presynaptic Terminals, Pulmonary Sarcoidosis ♦ Schaumann benign lymphogranulomatosis, Schaumann's syndrome, secondary ocular vesicle, side-to-end, side-to-end anastomosis, Synovial Cyst ♦ Tibial Arteries. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Distal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (distal), French (distal), German (distal, distally), Portuguese (distal).

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Commercial Usage: Distal

Domain	Title
Books	Atlas of Diagnostic Radiology of the Horse: Diseases of the Front and Distal Limbs (reference) Distal Extension Case-Tooth Tissue Borne Removable Appliance (reference) Fractures of the Distal Radius (reference) The Distal Nephron in the Kidney of Fishes (Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, Vol 108) (reference) The Equine Distal Limb: Atlas of Clinical Anatomy and Comparative Imaging (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Distal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	This image shows a large ruptured, fusiform aneurysm involving the ascending portion of the aorta, and there is a laminated clot between the tunicae media and adventitia. Note the pearly white wrinkled tunica intima in areas distal to the aneurysm. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Distal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Untreated distal RTA causes growth retardation in children and progressive renal and bone disease in adults. (references)
		Biliary-pancreatic bypass includes a gastric restriction and diverts bile and pancreatic juice into the distal ileum. (references)
		Focal and segmental limb dystonias consist of involuntary, inappropriate spasms of limited numbers of distal limb muscles. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Distal

"Distal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Distal" is used about 583 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	583	10,863

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Distal

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "distal": proximal-distal, proximo-distal.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Distal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
distal	13	renal tubular acidosis distal	3
fracture of the distal radius	12	distal fractured radius	3
distal clavicle resection	8	distal proctitis	3
distal radius	7	arthrogryposis distal	3
distal gastric bypass	5	distal fibula	3
cirugia cuña distal periodontal	5	dentures distal extension partial	3
biceps distal rupture tendon	4	distal ileum	2
distal radial	4	colitis distal ulcerative	2
distal esophagus	4	biceps distal recurrence rupture tendon	2
distal fracture radial	4	de distal fractura radio	2
distal muscular dystrophy	4	calculus distal ureteral	2
distal tibia	4	distal esophagitis	2
distal interphalangeal joint	4	distal interphalangeal	2
clavicle distal osteolysis	3	distal editorial	2
distal rny	3	distal fracture tibia	2
distal fibula fracture	3	distal supraspinatus tendon	2
distal femur fracture	3	distal femoral fracture	2
distal myopathy	3	distal fractur radius	2
distal horse intertarsal	3	distal jet	2
distal pancreatectomy	3	distal femur	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Distal

Language		Translations for "distal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		skajor (terminal). (various references)

Bulgarian		краен (completive, dizzy, end, endmost, eventual, extreme, final, high, intense, intolerant, latter, marginal, out-, outside, profuse, rabid, red-hot, sublime, supreme, terminal, terminative, terrible, ultimate, unmerciful, utmost, utter, uttermost, veriest, wild-eyed), отделен от центъра. (various references)

Chinese		末端 (End). (various references)

Danish		distal. (various references)

Dutch		distaal. (various references)

Finnish		distaalinen, kaukana keskustasta sijaitseva, kauempana keskustasta sijaitseva, etäisempi. (various references)

French		distal. (various references)

German		distal (distally). (various references)

Greek		περιφερικός, περιφερικό, άπω, απομακρυσμένος (distant, remote), αφιστάμενος της μέσης γραμμής, αφιστάμενος. (various references)

Hungarian		központtól távol eső (outlying), disztális. (various references)

Italian		distale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		敬�" (distal style). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		けいたい (carrying something, distal style, figure, form, mobile telephone, shape). (various references)

Korean		원심 (Centrifugal). (various references)

Manx		foddey veih my cheilley (far between). (various references)

Pig Latin		istalday

Portuguese		distal. (various references)

Russian		периферический (circumferential, peripheral). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		distalni. (various references)

Spanish		distal. (various references)

Swedish		distal. (various references)

Turkish		merkezden uzak. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Distal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "distal": distally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Distal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Daissala, Dastle, datal, desta, destep, Diassala, dictal, diesal, dimskal, Dirschau, discal, Disctly, disital, dissal, distab, distat, Disto, distol, Distos, diswal, Disztl, ditali, Dycetel, idstal, ista, Liestal, Tistall. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Distal"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "distal" (pronounced di"stul)
5	-i" s t u l	Bristol, crystal, Pistil, pistol.
4	-s t u l	bicoastal, coastal, crustal, hostel, hostile, pedestal, postal, vestal.
3	-t u l	accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bottle, brattle, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, periodontal, petal, pivotal, portal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Distal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-s-t"
	-1 letter: adits, alist, dials, ditas, litas, staid, tails, tidal, tsadi.
	-2 letters: adit, aids, ails, aits, alit, alts, dais, dals, dial, dita, dits, lads, laid, last, lati, lats, lids, list, lits, sadi, said, sail, salt, sati, sial, sild, silt, slat, slid, slit, tads, tail, tali, tils.
	-3 letters: ads, aid, ail, ais, ait, als, alt, dal.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-s-t"
	+1 letter: cladist, details, dialist, dilates, dualist, plastid, staidly, tuladis.
	+2 letters: citadels, cladists, dialects, dialists, diallist, diastole, diastral, digitals, dilaters, dilators, displant, distally, dualists, gladiest, handlist, idealist, isolated, lapidist, lardiest, leadiest, matildas, medalist, misdealt, plastids, plaudits, redtails, sodalist, sodalite, sodality, steadily, tabloids, tailskid, talipeds, triclads, wildcats.
	+3 letters: altitudes, balladist, cladistic, custodial, dactylics, dalmatics, darkliest, datelines, daylights, deadliest, deadlifts, deistical, delations, delicates, depilates, desalting, detailers, diabolist, diacetyls, diallists, dialogist, dialysate, diastoles, diastolic, digitalis, dilatants, dilations, diplomats, disentail, dislocate, dismalest, dismantle, displants, distantly, dovetails, drawliest, dualistic, dualities, ducktails, elaterids, estradiol, feudalist, giltheads, gladliest, handlists, idealists, idioblast, idolaters, idolators, insolated, installed, insulated, lacertids, landsleit, lapidates, lapidists, lassitude, latitudes, maledicts, medalists, medallist, metalised, outsailed, salivated, sibilated, simulated, sodalists, sodalites, spoliated, stapedial, steroidal, swordtail, tailskids, tailslide, tailwinds, talmudism, thinclads, tidelands, tiltyards, totalised, trailside, validates, vitalised, windblast.
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