Meaning & use
Distally
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In a direction or position farther from the center of the body or from the point of attachment.
See it in a sentence
The nerve damage was located distally, near the fingertips rather than the shoulder.
The fracture was situated distally on the radius bone.
A note on using this word
"Distally" is the adverbial form of "distal," used mainly in anatomy and medicine, and is the opposite of "proximally."
Words with an opposite meaning
proximally
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