different between distal vs succubous

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?k.j?.b?s/, /?s?k.j?.b?s/
• Homophone: succubus

Adjective

succubous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.

Antonyms

• (of leaves): incubous

Derived terms

• succubously

Related terms

• succubus

Translations