distomedial

English

Etymology

distal +‎ medial

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːdiəl

Adjective

distomedial (comparative more distomedial, superlative most distomedial)

  1. (anatomy) 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.
    • 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:
      ...fifth joint with about eight distomedial setae;

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