Mesial vs Distal - What's the difference?
mesial | distal | Antonyms |
pertaining to the middle line of the body
* 1922 , (James Joyce),
(dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
(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.
Distal is a antonym of mesial.
In dentistry terms the difference between mesial and distal
is that mesial is facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw while distal is facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.As adjectives the difference between mesial and distal
is that mesial is pertaining to the middle line of the body while distal is remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.mesial
English
Adjective
(-)- His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!