COAPTATION


Meaning of COAPTATION in English

[ ˌkəʊap'teɪʃ(ə)n ]

■ noun

1》 the adaptation of things or people to each other.

2》 Medicine the drawing together of the separated tissue in a wound or fracture.

Origin

C16: from late L. coaptatio(n-) , from coaptare (from aptus 'apt').

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.