Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distal

/ˈdɪs.təl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tal
IPA: /ˈdɪs.təl/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

adj

Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.

adj

Far or farther from the speaker.

Example Sentences

"the distal end of a bone or muscle"
"Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton[…]."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English distal From distant + -al.

Inflected Forms

more distal (comparative) most distal (superlative)

Derived Forms

anterodistal apicodistal buccodistal caudodistal centralodistal craniodistal distality distalization distally distalmost distalward distomedial

Phrases

distal convoluted tubule distal goal distal phalange distal phalanx distal radius

Antonyms

proximal antonym(s) of “remote from the point farther from the speaker” mesial

Rhymes With

crystal bristol pistol krystal cristal chrystal pistil christal mccrystal buccodistal linguodistal

Questions

How do you pronounce distal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪs.təl/.
What does distal mean?: Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
Where does distal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English distal From distant + -al.

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