distomedial
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːdiəl
Adjective
[edit]distomedial (comparative more distomedial, superlative most distomedial)
- (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[1], volume 13, number 4, The Royal Society of New Zealand, page 397:
- ...fifth joint with about eight distomedial setae;