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distal
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distal [′dist·əl]
(biology)
Located away from the point of origin or attachment.


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In this article, we report the successful treatment of the amputation neuroma of the distal phalanx with the microsurgical distal second toe transfer.
When he attempted to pull his left hand out with his right hand, he also injured that hand, which involved fracture of the distal phalanx and injury to the nail bed of digit V.
Examples include volar and dorsal fractures of the distal phalanx, volar plate injuries of the middle phalanx, and gamekeeper's thumb involving the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint.
 
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