Definitions
Farther from the center, trunk, or point of attachment.
Word origin
From distant + -al.
Used in a sentence
“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[…].”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Farther from the trunk”6 letters
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