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# distal

adjective

«distal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (science, medicine) Further away from the centre of the body or the point where something is attached. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#m1)
2. Opposite of proximal (closer to the centre). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in biology, medicine and anatomy: the fingertips are distal to the elbow; doctors describe injuries this way; in geography, sometimes for areas far from a source; phrases: «distal end», «distal part of the arm».

### Examples

- Your fingers are distal to your wrist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#x1)
- The distal end of the bone is near the knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#x2)
- The doctor said the break was in the distal part of the arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#x3)
- In the diagram, label the distal and proximal ends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#x4)
- Your toes are the most distal part of your leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#x5)
- The distal tip of the leaf was brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/#x6)

### Note

Science word; opposite: proximal. «Distal to» = further from the body's centre than. Related to distant.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «distal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«distal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/distal.html) on Mova free.