- 1(解剖學)遠端的（離身體中心或附著點較遠的部位，反義字是 proximal「近端的」）
A science and medicine word meaning farther away from the center of the body, or farther from the point where something attaches. Doctors, dentists, and biology textbooks use it - the fingertips are at the 'distal' end of the arm. Its opposite is 'proximal', meaning closer to the center.
From the word’s history
distant + -al.
就是 distant 加上 -al。
組成From Latin 'distare' (to stand apart), via 'distant' + -al.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
distaladj/ˈdɪs.təl/
- 1
anatomygeographygeologyRemote from the point of attachment or origin.
- the distal end of a bone or muscle
- Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton[…].
- 2
dentistrymedicinesciencesFacing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
- 3
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesFar or farther from the speaker.
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