Definitions for: Proximal

[adj] (anatomy) situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the proximal end of a bone"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Antonyms: distal