Meanings
adjectivedistomedial (comparative more distomedial, superlative most distomedial)
comparative more distomedial · superlative most distomedial
- anatomyPertaining to an inside aspect, but also farther away from the center of the body.
When held vertically close to your nose, the top left quadrant of the right thumb is the most distomedial quadrant.
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...fifth joint with about eight distomedial setae;
1983 December, Jürgen Sieg, “Tanaidomorpha (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Ross Sea, Antarctica”, in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 13, number 4, The Royal Society of New Zealand, page 397
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Latinstō
- Latindistō
- Latindistāns
- Old Frenchdistant
- Middle Englishdistaunt
- Englishdistant
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdistalbf.
- Englishdisto-
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Italic*meðios
- Latinmedius
- Latinmediālis
- Englishmedial
- Englishdistomedial
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with distomedial
remedialmedialventromedialdorsomedialalligation medialantemedialanteromedialantimedialbasomedialbimedialbuccomedialcaudomedialcentromedialcorticomedialcraniomedialectomedialfrontomedialinferomedialintermediallabiomediallateromedialmesomedialmultimedialnonmedial
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Cite this entry
APA
distomedial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distomedial
MLA
“distomedial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distomedial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distomedial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distomedial.
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