proximal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
    • the proximal end of a bone

WordNet

Prox"i*mal adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913