distalization

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noun

A change in position to the distal side

OriginEnglish distal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt →
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Meanings

noundistalization (plural distalizations)

plural distalizations

  1. A change in position to the distal side

    The influence of tibial component slope on epicondylar distance could be attributed to a more posterior shift and a distalization of the femur in relation to the tibia, and therefore a more proximally placed contact point between the patella and the femoral component.

    2015 July 21, Armin Keshmiri et al., “The influence of component alignment on patellar kinematics in total knee arthroplasty”, in Acta Orthopaedica, volume 86, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latindistō
  12. Latindistāns
  13. Old Frenchdistant
  14. Middle Englishdistaunt
  15. Englishdistant
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishdistal
  19. Englishdistalization

From distal + -ization.

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APA

distalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distalization

MLA

“distalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distalization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distalization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distalization.

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