different between distal vs mesioproximal

English

Etymology

distant +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s.t?l/
• Rhymes: -?st?l

Adjective

distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)

1. (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

2. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
3. (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.

Antonyms

• (remote from the point): proximal
• (dentistry): mesial

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Dalits, datils, ditals, latids

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tal/

Adjective

distal (feminine singular distale, masculine plural distaux, feminine plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

• “distal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

distal (not comparable)

1. distal

Declension

Portuguese

Adjective

distal m or f (plural distais, comparable)

1. (anatomy, geology) distal (remote from the point of attachment or origin)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis?tal/, [d?is?t?al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

distal (plural distales)

1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

• “distal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

mesio- +? proximal

Adjective

mesioproximal (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) In the description of languages with a four-way distinction for demonstratives, refers to a demonstrative which indicates something near the addressee.

Related terms

• proximal (near the speaker)
• distal (far off or out of sight)
• mesiodistal (near neither the speaker nor the addressee but not far off)