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Distal vs Incubous - What's the difference?

distal | incubous |

As adjectives the difference between distal and incubous

is that distal is (anatomy|geology) remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle while incubous is (botany) describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.

distal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
  • (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
  • (linguistics) Far from the speaker.

    • Antonyms

    * (remote from the point) proximal * (dentistry) mesial

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Derived terms

    * distally * distal phalange * distal goal

    Anagrams

    * ----

    incubous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
  • *
    • If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues

    Antonyms

    * (of leaves) succubous

    Derived terms

    * incubously

    Related terms

    * incubus

    See also

    (wikipedia "incubous")