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interdistal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- 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 distal English interdistal From inter- + distal.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Between 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:
    • 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:
    • 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: