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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 1.6 [wn]:
proximal
adj : (anatomy) situated nearest to point of attachment or origin;
"the proximal end of a bone" [ant: {distal}]
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