Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proximal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proximal \Prox"i*mal\, a.
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
proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to {distal}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proximal
adj : (anatomy) situated nearest to point of attachment or origin;
"the proximal end of a bone" [ant: {distal}]
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