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Not proximal
Answer for the clue "Not proximal ", 6 letters:
distal
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Word definitions for distal in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone [ant: proximal ] directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body [ant: mesial ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context anatomy geology English) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle. 2 (context dentistry English) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw. 3 (context linguistics ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1808, formed from distant + -al (1) on model of central , dorsal , ventral , etc.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Distal \Dis"tal\, a. [From Distant .] (Physiol.) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to proximal . Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.
Usage examples of distal.
I should be able to perform an osteotomy of the distal part of the calcaneus combined with a plantar fasciotomy and posteromedial release.
She went into more details, knowing Monk shared a background in medicine: low platelet counts, rising bilirubin levels, edema, muscle tenderness with bouts of rigidity around the neck and shoulders, bone infarctions, hepatosplenomegaly, audible murmurs in the heartbeat, and strange calcification of distal extremities and vitreous humor of the eyes.
No heads, claws, distal phalanges, teeth, or outer integument present.
The purpose of down is to trap air, and the finer the barbules, the more streamlined or tapered the nodes, and the more distal the location of the nodes, the more efficient the down is going to be at trapping air.
Almost all of the distal phalanges were missing, probably completely burned up.
People out therethe slobs in front of the goggle boxesshow them a few old bones and tell them they are two distal phalanges and a metacarpal from a plantigrade simian four and a half million years old, and they'll switch channels.
Pulling down the Russian's pajama pants, he injected 155 international milliunits of potassium chloride into the distal vein of the Russian's penis.
I went through the same process with the distal and proximal phalanges, or bones of the fingers.