dorsodistal

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adjective

Both dorsal and distal

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

adjectivedorsodistal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBoth dorsal and distal

    It does not contact with the elliptical dorsodistal facet for the scaphoid.

    2015 December 3, “Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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

From dorso- + distal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dorsodistal

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Anagrams

distodorsal
Cite this entry
APA

dorsodistal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsodistal

MLA

“dorsodistal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsodistal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorsodistal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsodistal.

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