Distal vs Peripheral - What's the difference?
distal | peripheral |
(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.
on the periphery or boundary
beside the point
unimportant
auxiliary
(neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system
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(computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer
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* 2014 , Bill Ladson, "Zimmerman handles left field with ease -- and no E's" on MLB.com
As adjectives the difference between distal and peripheral
is that distal is remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle while peripheral is on the periphery or boundary.As a noun peripheral is
a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer.distal
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (remote from the point) proximal * (dentistry) mesialCoordinate terms
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* distally * distal phalange * distal goalAnagrams
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(wikipedia peripheral)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
Derived terms
* peripherally * peripheral vision * peripheral nervous systemNoun
(en noun)- I was kind of looking at the ball, keeping him in my peripheral and all of sudden I see him closing in on the ball.