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distal

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002498

In medicine, refers to a part of the body that is farther away from the center of the body than another part. For example, the fingers are distal to the shoulder. The opposite is proximal.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002498
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002498",
  "term": "distal",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In medicine, refers to a part of the body that is farther away from the center of the body than another part. For example, the fingers are distal to the shoulder. The opposite is proximal.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/distal/"
}

Record 6,068 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.