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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy, away from the center; from within outward; toward the surface or end of the body.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.

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  • adverb anatomy Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.

Etymologies

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distal + Latin ad toward.

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