distalin a sentence
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With rare exception the longitudinal incision on the distal forearm heals as a fine line.
distal = away from the midline of the body (in this case, the outside of the forearm)
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He suffers from distal muscular dystrophy.
distal = away from the body (in this case the arms and legs)
- Attached to my waist was a three-foot-long safety tether with a carabiner, or snaplink, attached to myself to a teammate at the distal end.† (source)
- First, you perform what he calls "the distal intervention" and cure the family of tb.† (source)
- "And here you can see evidence of thickening of the distal small intestine," says Professor Willard McGovern, his voice devoid of inflection.† (source)
- Evidently, as BoneMan pointed out on the wall, the human skeleton was designed to transfer shock distally to proximal skeletal structures.† (source)