PROXIMAL

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.

2.
a.

Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.

3.
a.

Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.


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