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Definition: Proximal |
ProximalAdjective1. (anatomy) situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the proximal end of a bone". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Nearest; closer to any point of reference; opposed to distal. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: distal (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nearness | Adjective: near, nigh; close at hand, near at hand; close, neighboring; bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining; proximate, proximal; at hand, handy; near the mark, near run; home, intimate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Proximal RTA also occurs in patients treated with ifosfamide, a drug used in chemotherapy. (references) | |
General symptoms of myopathy include weakness of limbs, usually proximal (located close to the center of the body). (references) | ||
Type 2 is called proximal RTA. The word "proximal," which means near, indicates that the defect is closer to the point where fluid and wastes from the blood enter the tubule. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Proximal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proximal" is used about 491 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 491 | 12,205 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "proximal": proximal-distal. | |
Ending with "proximal": non-proximal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "proximal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 接近 (Approached, Approaching, Approximated, Approximating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | proximal, proksimal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proximaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tyvi (base, butt, proximal part). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | proximal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | proximal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εγγύτατοσ (proximate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקורב (approximate, familiar, favourite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tőperec (proximal phalanx). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prossimale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 인 하" (Adjacent, Contiguous, Verged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oximalpray proximal, próximo, situado mais perto do centro do tronco (nearest). (various references) proxim (proximate). (various references) проксимальный. (various references) proximal. (various references) organın bağlanma noktasına yakın. (various references) проксимальний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "proximal": proximally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "proximal": interproximal. (additional references) | |
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"Proximal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prosimii, proxial, proximily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "proximal" (pronounced prÄ"ksumul) |
| 6 | -k s u m u l | maximal. |
| 5 | -s u m u l | decimal, infinitesimal. |
| 4 | -u m u l | animal, caramel, minimal, optimal. |
| 3 | -m u l | abnormal, abysmal, baptismal, camel, dermal, dismal, enamel, endodermal, epidermal, formal, geothermal, Hamal, hydrothermal, informal, isothermal, mammal, mesodermal, normal, paranormal, pommel, primal, pummel, thermal, tramel, trammel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-o-p-r-x" | |
-2 letters: lipoma, primal, prolix. | |
-3 letters: axiom, ixora, limpa, milpa, moira, molar, moral, oxlip, parol, pilar, polar, prima, primo. | |
-4 letters: amir, aril, axil, lair, lamp, lari, liar, lima, limo, limp, lipa, lira, loam, mail, mair, marl, maxi, milo, moil, mola, mora, moxa, opal, oral, oxim, pail, pair, palm, pial, pima, pram, prao, prim, proa, prom. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-o-p-r-x" | |
+2 letters: proximally. | |
+3 letters: peroxisomal, proximately. | |
+4 letters: morphallaxis. | |
+5 letters: approximately, extemporarily, interproximal, xerophthalmia, xerophthalmic. | |
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