distal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
  2. adjective directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body

Etymology

From distant + -al.

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