proximodistallyadv.
/ˌprɒksᵻməʊˈdɪstl̩i/, /ˌprɒksᵻməʊˈdɪstəli/, U.S. /ˈˌprɑksəˌmoʊˈdɪstl̩i/ Biology.
From a proximal to a distal end or point.
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1883 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1882–3 20 551 That of the fourth [metatarsal] is longer proximo-distally than transversely.
1940 M. Shirley in J. P. Guilford Fields of Psychol. v. 77 This law states that the wave of growth sweeps over the body cephalo-caudad and proximodistally, or downward from head toward tail, and outward from the spinal column toward the extremities of hands and feet.
1990 P. J. Currie et al. in K. Carpenter & P. J. Currie Dinosaur Systematics (1992) viii. 119 The denticles of tyrannosaurids are wider labially-lingually than they are long proximodistally.
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