proximal
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpɹɒksɪməl/
proximal
- (anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
- (dentistry) Facing toward another tooth. The proximal surfaces of a tooth are those that touch or are close to neighboring teeth.
- (linguistics) Closer to the speaker.
- (closer to the point of attachment) distal
- Portuguese: proximal
- Russian: проксимальный
- Spanish: proximal
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