Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DISTAL
distal
(adjective) situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
distal
(adjective) directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)
(anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
(dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
(linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.
Antonyms
• (remote from the point): proximal
• (dentistry): mesial
Anagrams
• Dalits, datils, ditals, latids
Source: Wiktionary
Dis"tal, a. Etym: [From Distant.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to proximal. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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