different between distal vs mucro

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

Latin

Noun

mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)

1. (botany, zoology) A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.

Anagrams

• Corum, Muroc, mucor

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps individualizing n-stem derivative of a lost adjective *m?kro- "pointed, sharp", from a Proto-Italic *meuk-ro- or mouk-ro-, derivative of a Proto-Indo-European root *h?meuk?- also seen in Greek ?????? "I tear, rip" and ???????? "arrowtips" and perhaps also in Lithuanian mùšti "strike".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.kro?/, [?mu?k?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.kro/, [?mu?k??]

Noun

m?cr? m (genitive m?cr?nis); third declension

1. A sharp point, especially the point of a sword.
2. (figuratively) A sword.
3. A sharp edge.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: mugró
• English: mucro
• Portuguese: mucrão

References

• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mucro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers