interdistal

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adjective

Between distal points.

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

adjective
  1. rareBetween distal points.

    The high lip line during smiling shows the interdistal papillae in more than 85% of the patients.

    2007, Carl E. Misch, Contemporary Implant Dentistry, page 359
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    Recombination between A. roylei and A. fistulosum took place in distal and interdistal regions of hybrid chromosomes, centromeric regions originated from roylei.

    2012, Andrew Swan, Meiosis: Molecular Mechanisms and Cytogenetic Diversity, page 354

    The effect of Devil's claw on degeneration of the proximal intertarsal, distal interdistal and tarsometatarsal joints and of muscular disorders was investigated in ten race horses by comparison with a control group of ten horses treated with phenylbutazone.

    2013, Kerry Bone, Simon Mills, Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine, page 513

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindis-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  14. Proto-Italic*staējō
  15. Proto-Italic*staēō
  16. Latinstō
  17. Latindistō
  18. Latindistāns
  19. Old Frenchdistant
  20. Middle Englishdistaunt
  21. Englishdistant
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishdistal
  25. Englishinterdistal

From inter- + distal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with interdistal

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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