The proximodistal trend is the tendency for more general functions of limbs to develop before more specific or fine motor skills. It comes from the Latin words proxim- which means "close"[1] and "-dis-" meaning "away from",[2] because the trend essentially describes a path from the center outward.
References
edit- ^ "Latin: -proximo". Robertson's Words for a Modern Age. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Latin: dis". Robertson's Words for a Modern Age. Retrieved 23 April 2014.