distal

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Anatomically located far from a point of reference, such as an origin or a point of attachment.
• adjective Situated farthest from the middle and front of the jaw, as a tooth or tooth surface.

from The Century Dictionary.

• In anatomy, situated away from the center of the body; being at the end; terminal; peripheral: the opposite of proximal: as, the distal end of a limb, a bone, or other part or organ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Remote from the point of attachment or origin
• adjective Pertaining to that which is distal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective anatomy, geology Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
• adjective dentistry Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
• adjective directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body