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Webster 1913 Edition

Distal

Dis′tal

,

Adj.

[From

.]

(Physiol.)

(a)

Remote from the point of attachment or origin;

as, the

distal

end of a bone or muscle

; – opposed to

proximal

.

(b)

Pertaining to that which is distal;

as, the

distal

tuberosities of a bone

.