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Webster 1913 Edition
Proximal
Prox′i-mal
,Adj.
1.
Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
2.
(Biol.)
(a)
Situated near the point of attachment or origin;
as, the
. proximal
part of a limb(b)
Of or pertaining to that which is proximal;
as, the
. Opposed to proximal
bones of a limbdistal
.