Distal

[distәl]

(adj.) situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone .

(adj.) directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body .

Typed by Leona--From WordNet

(a.) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle

(a.) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.

Editor: Mervin

adj. (anat.) at the end.—adv. Dis′tally.

Typist: Martha