PROXIMAL


Meaning of PROXIMAL in English

— proximally , adv.

/prok"seuh meuhl/ , adj.

situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Cf. distal (def. 1).

[ 1720-30; proxim ( us ) next (superl. of prope near) + -AL 1 ]

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