DISTAD
\dɪstˈad], \dɪstˈad], \d_ɪ_s_t_ˈa_d]\
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By Noah Webster.
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[Latin] Towards or at a position away from centre or from point of attachment; in a distal direction.
By J.H. Kenneth
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from disto, (di, and sto,) 'to stand apart.' Away from a centre. Towards the far extremity. In anatomy, used by Dr. Barclay adverbially, to signify 'towards the distal aspect.'
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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