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Lexicographically close words:
dist; distaff; distaffe; distaffs; distained; distally; distance; distanced; distances; distancia
  1. If distal vessels become obstructed, as of the toes or feet, gangrene takes place unless the obstruction occurs at a place where the collateral circulation could save the part from such a death.

  2. The regions which can stand the disease least well are the brain and coronary arteries, and next perhaps the legs, at the distal parts at least, where the circulation is always at a disadvantage if the patient is up and about.

  3. They consist of three segments: the first or basal one is much larger than the others, and apparently always has a single spine on the outer distal margin.

  4. Another single, curved spine is attached on the outer side of the basal segment, near its distal end.

  5. The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

  6. The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.

  7. A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint.

  8. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

  9. A small piece of the superficial network of the skeleton, with the zigzag radial tubules arising from it, each of which bears an anchor with two recurved denticulate teeth on the distal end.

  10. A distal branch with its terminal ramification.

  11. A single thread of an anchor-pencil with two quadridentate spathillae, a larger proximal and a smaller distal (terminal).

  12. The distal end of an ascending foot; the branches bear a terminal spathilla with small recurved teeth.

  13. Distal end of a tube, seen from the terminal face.

  14. Distal part of a single radial tube, with the terminal corona.

  15. From the peristome of the thorny campanulate shell arise six large descending feet, which are studded with arborescent fragile lateral branches, and armed at the distal end with stouter dichotomous terminal branches.

  16. A single radial tube, with a centripetal free prolongation at the base and a verticil of undulate terminal branches at the distal end.

  17. The distal end of a foot; four alveoli filled up by air-bubbles.

  18. The distal end of a descending foot, with three lateral anchor-pencils and three terminal branches (broken off).

  19. A network of protoplasm connects the distal branches.

  20. Distal part of another radial tube, partly filled up by air-bubbles.

  21. Distal ends of various radial tubes of a single specimen, exhibiting the extraordinary variability of this species.

  22. The calymma exhibits on the distal end of each spine a coronet of myophriscs.

  23. Distal end of a tube, seen from the side.

  24. A single radial tube, with a centripetal prolongation at the base and a terminal corona at the distal end.

  25. The small medial ramus is associated with the distal end of the lamina superior whereas the lateral ramus lies dorsal to the lateral margin of the cavum medium.

  26. At its maximum size the palatine forms the bony posterior margin of the internal nares and extends dorsomedially from the pars palatina to the distal part of the solum nasi.

  27. This distal extension expands laterally in posterior sections as the braincase is increased to its maximum width at the mid-length of the orbit; the cartilaginous margin is retained throughout the length of the sphenethmoid.

  28. A distal wing of the prevomer forms the bony anterior and medial margins of the internal nares.

  29. Slightly posterior, the distal edge of the lamina inferior diverges laterally as a small process, which lies dorsal to the pars facialis (p.

  30. The prevomer expands dorsally around the distal end of the solum to provide a bony lateral support for the olfactory eminence (Figs.

  31. In this process a cleft first appears at the distal end of the bell-shaped body, and gradually deepens until the original body is divided quite in two.

  32. The bud grows, an opening appears at its distal end, a circlet of tentacles arises about this mouth-opening and a new polyp individual is formed.

  33. This distal thinner portion is at first without any evidence of rays; further than that there is a manifest tendency to a radial disposition of the histological elements of the fin.

  34. With the progress of this process the margin of the fin-fold also becomes thinner at its distal border, and at the basal part mesodermal cells make their appearance more noticeably within the inner contour-line.

  35. The distal portion of the appendix remains free, either hanging down and in over the brim of the pelvis (Fig.

  36. Dorsal vascular fold, carrying the distal appendicular branch of the dorsal caecal artery in the mesentery of the appendix.

  37. The distal portion is derived from the distal segments of the original posterior cardinal veins.

  38. Consequently here again the dorsal or posterior ileo-caecal fossa loses its distal limitation.

  39. The median portion of the first aortic arch has disappeared; but its proximal end forms the external, its distal the internal carotid arteries.

  40. The appearance of this dilatation marks the separation of the proximal cephalic part (pharynx and oesophagus) from the distal caudal (intestinal) portion of the primitive alimentary canal.

  41. The ventral or distal bud is probably double in the majority of vertebrates.

  42. The distal segment of the main portal vein is the product of the fusion of the omphalo-mesenteric veins, and becomes connected with the veins of the intestinal canal, pancreas, and spleen.

  43. The distal (ileal) division of small intestinal convolutions has become greatly augmented and lies to the right of the caecum.

  44. The denuded portion of the distal ends should be rolled up in the form of a spiral coil; this will insure their constant impinging on the carbons more certainly than could be expected from a simple straight end of wire.

  45. The distal ends of the wires should be stripped of their coating for a length of about three inches, the proximal ends for about two inches.

  46. The carbons having now been fitted in their beds, the distal end (coil) of the head wire is placed beneath the carbon, and the wire itself continued up along the vertical groove to either one of the gimlet holes.

  47. The pinnae are formed by the elongated autozooids, whose proximal portions are fused together to form a leaf-like expansion, from the upper edge of which the distal extremities of the zooids project.

  48. In the Tubipondae the spicules of the proximal part of the body-wall are fused together to form a firm tube, the corallite, into which the distal part of the zooid can be retracted.

  49. The regular bronchoscope is a hollow brass tube slanted at its distal end, and having a handle at its proximal or ocular extremity.

  50. If, for instance, the esophagoscope were to be pushed upon with a fold thus anchored in the distal end, the esophageal wall could easily be torn.

  51. If the proximal edge of the drainage outlet is too near the distal end of the endoscopic tube, the mucosa will be drawn into the outlet, not only obstructing it, but, most important, traumatizing the mucosa.

  52. The physical signs usually show limitation of expansion on the affected side, impairment of percussion, and lessened trans-mission or absence of breath-sounds distal to the foreign body.

  53. Numerous perforations in the distal part of the tube allow air to enter from other bronchi when the tube-mouth is inserted into one whose aerating function may be impaired.

  54. The distal end of the cannula actually is deeply in the trachea.

  55. Force must not be used, but steady firm pressure against the tonically contracted cricopharyngeus is made, while at the same time the distal end of the esophagoscope is lifted by the left thumb.

  56. The air distal to the impacted foreign body is soon absorbed, and the negative pressure thus produced increases the impaction.

  57. When necessary, the distal end of the forceps may be pushed laterally by the manipulation of the bronchoscope.

  58. Relaxation by general anesthesia permits lateral displacement of the dome of the diaphragm along with the esophagus, and thus makes possible a wider range of motion of the distal end of the gastroscope.

  59. This assistance in gauging depth is one of the great advances in foreign body bronchoscopy obtained by the development of distal illumination.

  60. The metacarpals are free, not united as in the adult, and there are separate distal carpals, which in the adult are united with the metacarpals.

  61. When, on the contrary, the upper part of the saphena and its valves are intact, and only the more distal veins are involved, the pressure is not so high and there is comparatively little suffering.

  62. Amputation is usually called for if there is complete absence of pulsation in the distal arteries and if the part beyond is cold.

  63. Immediate suturing of the ends does not affect the degeneration of the distal segment.

  64. If the reaction of degeneration develops, an operation may be performed, the ends of the nerve being sutured, or the distal end grafted into the posterior cord of the brachial plexus.

  65. The available operative measures are proximal ligation of the innominate, and distal ligation.

  66. Venous bleeding is not pulsatile, but occurs in a continuous stream, which, although both ends of the vessel may bleed, is more copious from the distal end.

  67. Proximal ligation in the case of high aneurysms, or distal ligation in those situated at the root of the neck, is more certain.

  68. When the whole plexus is involved, sensibility is lost over the entire forearm and hand and over the lateral surface of the arm in its distal two-thirds.

  69. It consists of branching axis cylinders running in all directions, these having failed to reach the distal end because of the extent of the gap.

  70. Defective formation associated with atrophy is also illustrated in the bones of the lower limbs of persons who are unable to stand or walk, and in the distal portion of a bone which is the seat of an ununited fracture.

  71. Whether the inner and middle coats are ruptured or not, blood coagulates both above and below the ligature, the proximal clot being longer and broader than that on the distal side.

  72. These manifestations involve usually the distal end of the thigh or thighs.

  73. Recently we saw a case of fracture of the distal end of the femur diagnosed as infantile scurvy; the baby had caught its thigh between the bars of the crib and snapped the bone in trying to extricate itself.

  74. It represents what is referred to as the distal phalanx of the right index finger.

  75. And from the root, extending out and growing, is the shaft of the hair, and the very distal end of that is the tip.

  76. The wound on the palmer side of the wrist is now converted to a well-healed linear scar approximately one-half inch in length, and located about three-quarters of an inch above the distal flexion crease.

  77. The excisional scar to the Governor's thigh is located at a point approximately 10 or 12 centimeters above the adductor tubercule of the femur, placing it at the juncture of the middle and distal third of his thigh.

  78. So it is the right side of the distal phalanx of the left index finger?

  79. There is a second wound presumed to be the wound of exit which lay in the midline of the wrist on its palmar surface about 2 centimeters, something less than 1 inch above the wrist crease, the most distal wrist crease.

  80. Is that a full or partial print of the distal phalanx?

  81. That is, by bulb you mean the central portion of the distal phalanx?

  82. If you were to look at the finger, you would raise the finger up and it would be on the opposite side, which would be on the left side of the distal phalanx.

  83. A comparison of the distal end of the femur in question with the femora of Felidae in the British Museum seems to prove conclusively that it cannot be referred even to the same family.

  84. With the bones of Felis just noticed, Roth provisionally associates the imperfect distal end of a remarkably large right femur.

  85. In both these respects the bone closely resembles the distal end of the femur of a Bear.

  86. A large capillary network (the glomus) at the distal end.

  87. Each solenocyte consists of a cell-body and nucleus situated at the distal free extremity of a delicate tube; the proximal end of the tube pierces the wall of the nephridial canal and opens into its lumen.

  88. The metatarsals, the navicular and cuboid, and the distal end of the fibula, remain free.

  89. The fibula is distinct, but very slender, and its distal end is ankylosed with the tibia.

  90. In the leg, the distal end of the fibula is so completely united with the tibia that it appears to be a mere process of the latter bone, as in the Horses.

  91. The navicular and the cuboid unite, and the distal end of the fibula is ankylosed with the tibia.

  92. As the mesenteric cavity extends it dilates at its distal extremity into a chamber destined to form the stomach (fig.

  93. The two distal joints of the antennae are short, and the last of them is provided with olfactory hairs.

  94. Vaughn implies that anterior and posterior cutting edges extend the length of the teeth in Colobomycter; these are restricted to the distal third of the teeth in Delorhynchus.

  95. The recurvature of the anterior cutting edges is much more severe than that of the posterior edges, but the recurvature of both is limited to the distal half of each tooth.

  96. These are conical, slender and sharply pointed; in their distal third they are slightly recurved, laterally compressed, and have anterior and posterior non-serrated cutting edges.

  97. Distal 2/3 of shaft laterally compressed and curved downward to base of tip.

  98. In the species of the subgenus Neotamias the proximal part of the baculum is termed the shaft, and the distal upturned part is termed the tip.

  99. Distal 1/2 of shaft laterally compressed and curved downward to base of tip.

  100. The point of intersection of two perpendicular lines of an ocular grid determined which tooth-socket occurs directly opposite the distal tip of the suborbital process (Fig.

  101. The fused metacarpals and metatarsals diverge somewhat at their distal ends.


  102. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "distal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.