Proximal

Proximal (from Latin proximus "the next") stands for:

• Located in the anatomy towards the trunk or running towards the trunk , as opposed to distal , see anatomical position and direction designations # Anatomical main directions
• In geology, the attribution of a sedimentation area as being relatively close to the place of origin (delivery area) of the sediment , see Detritus (geology)
• a deictic category in linguistics, see Deixis

See also:

• Proxy

Wiktionary: proximal  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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