Hyphenation of distal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word distal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

dis-tal

Definitions of distal:

1.	Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
2.	Directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body

Synonyms of distal:

adj	distal
adj	distal, lateral

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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