Proximal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Nearest; proximate.
  • adj. Anatomy Nearer to a point of reference such as an origin, a point of attachment, or the midline of the body: the proximal end of a bone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
  • adj.
  • adj. Situated near the point of attachment or origin.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to that which is proximal. Opposed to distal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Proximate; nearest; next.
  • n. In zoology, the comparatively fixed or basal extremity of a limb or of an organism.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
  • Antonym
    distal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    proximate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    distal    venous    pelvic    thoracic    femoral