proximal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: proximal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for proximal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proximal adj situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the proximal end of a bone" Antonym(s): distal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proximal \Prox"imal\, 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}.