English dictionary

distal

/'d/I/st/-/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone

adj.all

Antonyms proximal

Source: WordNet 3.0
directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body

adj.all

Antonyms mesial

Source: WordNet 3.0
Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the <i>distal</i> end of a bone or muscle

adjective

Source: webster1913