distomedial en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English distalbf. English disto- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius ▲ Latin -ālis Latin mediālisbor. English medial English distomedial From disto- + medial.
Meanings
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Pertaining 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.
...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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most distomedial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more distomedial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |