Origin: Latin suffix -al
Distal has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
"The doctor examined the patient's distal finger to check for circulation after the cast was removed."
directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body
"The surgeon carefully examined the distal end of the femur, which lies farthest from the body's central axis."
Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
"The doctor noted that a fracture near the distal end of his radius had healed poorly because it was too far from where the bone connects to the arm."