dorsodistally

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adverb

In a dorsodistal manner or direction

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

adverbdorsodistally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a dorsodistal manner or direction

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. Englishdistally
  21. Englishdorsodistally

From dorso- + distally.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dorsodistally

distallyanterodistallyapicodistallybuccodistallycaudodistallycrystallylaterodistallylinguodistallymediodistallymesiodistallyposterodistallyproximodistallysubdistallyventrodistally
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Anagrams

distodorsally
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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