Definition of Distally

1. Adverb. Far from the center. "The bronchus is situated distally"

Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Partainyms: Distal

Definition of Distally

1. adv. Toward a distal part.

Definition of Distally

1. Adverb. Towards a distal part ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distally

1. distal [adv] - See also: distal

Medical Definition of Distally

1. Toward a distal part. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distally

distal goal
distal ileitis
distal interphalangeal joints
distal muscular dystrophy
distal occlusion
distal part of anterior lobe of hypophysis
distal phalange
distal phalanges
distal radioulnar articulation
distal radioulnar joint
distal spiral septum
distal splenorenal shunt
distal surface of tooth
distal tibiofibular joint
distally (current term)
distamycins
distance ceptor
distance education
distance formula
distance formulae
distance learning
distance of virtual image
distance perception
distance vector
distance vision
distanced
distancer
distancers

Literary usage of Distally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"AA, distally labeled flagella; • • totally labeled flagella; О О. proximally labeled flagella ... All of these flagella were classified as distally labeled. ..."

2. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"... becomes distally extended, while the upper portion, bending under the weight of the living zooids, assumes an ostrich-plume-like aspect. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"longer than the cephalon, the third joint being distally produced inferiorly; flagellum scarcely longer than the peduncle, each arti- culus having the ..."

4. Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea by William Aitcheson Haswell, Australian Museum (1882)
"Appendages of sixth segment rounded distally, the inner slightly more pointed. Length of largest specimen 9 in. Port Jackson ; Port Darwin (Alex. Morton). ..."

5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1903)
"I. Largest tooth or teeth of right arm not in the center of the margin, but placed either proximally or distally from the center (5)- 2. ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"The second joint is somewhat enlarged distally, ... The third joint is subquadrate, slightly tapering distally, the fourth joint is clavate, ..."

7. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"This tendon proceeds distally, in the interval between two of the short muscles ... Throw distally the superficial volar arch. Divide it on the medial side ..."

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