distal portion

collocation in English

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distal
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪs.təl/us
/ˈdɪs.təl/
away from a particular point in ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofdistalandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Evaluation of three-dimensional kinematics of thedistalportionof the forelimb in horses walking in a straight line.
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A short and wide fistula was found to originate from thedistalportionof the dilated artery and to drain into the right ventricle.
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Thedistalportionof the aorta was broken away on dissection of the great arteries.
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In both larvae and adults thedistalportionof the reversible scolex proboscides bears small microtriches, 0-25 /ira long.
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Both the proximal and thedistalportionof the autotransplant increased in size as the patients grew.
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This attachment is muscular and thedistalportioncontains pigment granules.
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The patent arterial duct fed thedistalportion.
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An inversion-mediated screen of thedistalportionof chromosome 15 is illustrated in this figure.
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Seminal vesicle double, proximal portion smaller, measuring 59 (45 - 76) by 33 (25 - 41), anddistalportion100 (82- 140) by 54 (42 -75).
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Distalportionof bract individual and upturned.
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Thedistalportionof the aorta is pushed forward to the right.
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The ground colour of the forewings is glossy cinnamon-rust with a narrow white longitudinal dash in thedistalportionof the discal cell.
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Thedistalportionof the spermiduct and the proximal portion of the prostate run on the ventral surface of the nidamental gland.
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They are large and hardened, shaped like pinchers, with cutting surfaces on thedistalportionand chewing or grinding surfaces basally.
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They bear long fleshy protrusions (papillae) with toothless suckers at thedistalportion.
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The forefoot represents the mostdistalportionof the foot.
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It consists of an incomplete but articulated left manus and thedistalportionof the left radius.
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Approximately a third of the small tetractines have three rows of spines along thedistalportionof the apical ray.
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