Distal vs Incubous - What's the difference?
distal | incubous |
(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.
(botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
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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
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (remote from the point) proximal * (dentistry) mesialCoordinate terms
* *Derived terms
* distally * distal phalange * distal goalAnagrams
* ----incubous
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Adjective
(-)- If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues