proximal
/ˈprɒksɪməl/adjective
1- Anatomy situated nearer to the centre of the body or the point of attachment【剖】近端的; 近身体中心的：
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- Geology relating to or denoting an area close to a centre of a geological process such as sedimentation or volcanism【地质】近源的, 基点的。
派生词
proximally
adverb词源
early 19th cent. (as a term in anatomy and zoology)： from Latin proximus 'nearest'+-AL. In geology，usage dates from the 1940s.