Usually means: Far from the point of origin.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. distal: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. distal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. distal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. distal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Distal, distal: Wordnik
  7. distal: Wiktionary
  8. distal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. distal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. distal: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. distal: Dictionary.com
  12. Distal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Distal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. distal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. distal: Rhymezone
  16. Distal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. distal: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. distal: Free Dictionary
  19. distal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. distal: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Distal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. distal: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  10. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  11. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  12. Distal: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  13. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  14. distal: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. Glossary of Skeletal Anatomy (No longer online)
  16. distal: Medical dictionary
  17. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  18. Distal: Brain Injury
  19. Distal: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Bird On! (No longer online)
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Bryological (No longer online)
  6. distal: Mussel Glossary
  7. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  8. Distal: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  9. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See distally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (distal)

adjective:  (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
adjective:  (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
adjective:  (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.

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