DISTANT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 28

adj. Diast'aant. Lat.. distans. Fr., d. Ger., entfernt, a use in an der ste hend. It., Sp,, distante. Far away, far apart; in botany, directed away from each other (said of petals, stems, etc.). [B, 1, 123 (o, 24).] [s. 598]