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- (sedimentology; adjective)Said of a sedimentary deposit consisting of fine clastics and deposited farthest from the source area.Compare: proximal.GG
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distal — distal, ale, aux [ distal, o ] adj. • 1887; mot angl. (1808); du lat. distans « éloigné » ♦ Didact. Qui est le plus éloigné d un point de référence dans un organisme, une structure. Partie distale d un membre. ♢ Qui fonctionne à distance. Le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Distal — Dis tal, a. [From {Distant}.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; opposed to {proximal}. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distal — adj. anat. Dícese del elemento o fracción que se encuentra más alejado del eje central o del origen de ese elemento. Medical Dictionary. 2011. distal … Diccionario médico
distal — DISTÁL, Ă adj. Situat mai departe faţă de un punct de referinţă. ♦ (anat.) Situat într o poziţie extremă periferică a corpului. [< fr. distal]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 22.02.2005. Sursa: DN DISTÁL, Ă adj. (despre o porţiune a unui organ… … Dicționar Român
Distal — (von lat. distare = sich entfernen) ist: in der Anatomie eine Lage und Richtungsbezeichnung, die vom Körperstamm nach außen gerichtet oder von der Körpermitte weg gerichtet bedeutet in der Zahnmedizin eine Lage und Richtungsbezeichnung, die zum… … Deutsch Wikipedia
distal — (Del ingl. distal). adj. Anat. Se dice de la parte de un miembro o de un órgano más separada de la línea media … Diccionario de la lengua española
distal — distal. См. дистальный. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
distal — distal, von der Körpermitte entfernt gelegen … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
distal — 1808, formed from DISTANT (Cf. distant) + AL (Cf. al) (1) on model of central, dorsal, ventral, etc … Etymology dictionary
distal — [dis′təl] [ DIST(ANT) + AL: formed in contrast to PROXIMAL] adj. Anat. farthest from the center or the point of attachment or origin; terminal: opposed to PROXIMAL distally adv … English World dictionary
Distal — The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things. For example, the distal end of the femur (the thigh bone) is the end down by the knee. For another example, the distal bile duct is the far end of the cystic duct, the end away from the… … Medical dictionary
