proximal
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Still, care has to be proximal to a shelter for people to use it, physicians say. — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, "New York City Tries to Link Nexus of Doctors Serving the Homeless," 26 Jan. 2019 But with congenital radioulnar synostosis, a bony bridge forms between the two instead, connecting them together due to underdevelopment of the proximal joint, which connects the radius and ulna bones at the elbow. — Sarah Valenzuela, SELF, "My Congenital Disorder Confuses a Lot of Trainers, So I Have to Be My Own Fitness Expert," 9 Nov. 2018 This same study from the early 1990s noted increasing mortality for those suffering fractures at older ages, with those over the age of 90 facing 66 percent mortality in the year following proximal femur fractures. — Farah Naz Khan, Vox, "Doctors are blasé about bone health and it’s leading to more broken bones in the elderly," 30 July 2018 One unfortunate by-product of these studies is a general misunderstanding of how extraordinarily good things are today relative to even the proximal past. — Michael Hicks, Indianapolis Star, "Hicks: We've got it good, and we don't even know it," 24 June 2018 These range from random chance to more proximal causes, like specific weather patterns that promote drought or floods. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "NOAA recaps 2017’s near-biblical collection of weather extremes," 9 Jan. 2018 An open dislocation of the PIP (proximal interphalageal joint, the middle joint on the finger) is most common. — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Location of likely finger dislocation key to how effective Tom Brady will be in AFC title game," 18 Jan. 2018 That consists of cutting the tendon from its insertion into the shoulder and reattaching it to the proximal shoulder in a new location. — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, "It's about time Andrew Luck throws, seeks proven treatment," 17 Dec. 2017 The best-case scenario is a proximal long head of biceps tendon tear. — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, "UPDATED: Biceps injury might not even keep Stephon Tuitt out one game," 11 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'proximal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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proximal
adjective
prox·i·mal
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Medical Definition of proximal
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: situated next to or near the point of attachment or origin or a central point
the proximal was…better than the peripheral stump for a graft — Annual Review of Medicine
especially
: located toward the center of the body
the proximal end of a bone
— compare distal sense 1a
b
: of, relating to, or being the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth
2
: sensory rather than physical or social
proximal stimuli
— compare distal sense 2
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