different between proximal vs caudal

English

Etymology

From Latin proximus, superlative form of prope (“near, nigh”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??ks?m?l/

Adjective

proximal (comparative more proximal, superlative most proximal)

1. (anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
2. (dentistry) Facing toward another tooth. The proximal surfaces of a tooth are those that touch or are close to neighboring teeth.
3. (linguistics) Closer to the speaker.

Antonyms

• (closer to the point of attachment): distal

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

• proximally

Related terms

• proximate

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

proximal m or f (plural proximais, comparable)

1. proximal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

proximal (plural proximales)

1. proximal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caud?lis (“having a tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??d?l/
• Rhymes: -??d?l
• Homophones: coddle (in accents with the cot-caught merger), caudle

Adjective

caudal (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

   • the male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 3:

     Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

Derived terms

Related terms

• queue

Translations

Noun

caudal (plural caudals)

1. A caudal vertebra.

Translations

Anagrams

• Dacula, Laduca

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caud?lis, from cauda. See also queue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.dal/

Adjective

caudal (feminine singular caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales)

1. (anatomy) caudal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.?daw/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin caud?lis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). Equivalent to cauda +? -al.

Adjective

caudal m or f (plural caudais, comparable)

1. (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)

Derived terms

Noun

caudal f (plural caudais)

1. caudal vertebra

   Synonym: vértebra caudal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capit?lis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudais)

1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)

   Synonym: torrente

2. (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)

   Synonyms: fluxo, vazão

3. (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something

   Synonym: monte

Adjective

caudal m or f (plural caudais, comparable)

1. torrential (flowing heavily)

   Synonyms: caudaloso, torrencial

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

From French caudale

Adjective

caudal m or n (feminine singular caudal?, masculine plural caudali, feminine and neuter plural caudale)

1. caudal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau?dal/, [kau??ð?al]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish cabdal, from Latin capit?lis. Doublet of capital. Cognate with English chattel, cattle and capital.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudales)

1. flow
2. volume
3. funds

Derived terms

• caja de caudales
• caudaloso

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin caud?lis.

Adjective

caudal (plural caudales)

1. caudal

Derived terms

• aleta caudal