coaptation
/ˌkəʊæpˈteɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the adaptation or adjustment of things, parts, or people to each other(事物、部件、人的)互相适应; 互相调整。
1.1
- Medicine the drawing together of the separated tissue in a wound or fracture【医】(伤口或开裂组织的)接合; 接骨。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin coaptatio(n-), from the verb coaptare, from co- (from Latin cum 'with, together') + aptare (from aptus 'apt').