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proximal

[prok-suh-muhl] / ˈprɒk sə məl /
ADJECTIVE
conterminous
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Likewise, publishers who opt to create push-button novels will be sawing off the proximal tree limb with Wile E. Coyote abandon.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024

That conclusion was written into a seminal paper on the virus published in Nature Medicine on March 17, 2020, and titled “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The findings are applicable to other kidney diseases where the renal proximal tubule is damaged, including acute kidney injury that can lead to chronic kidney disease and renal failure, and can be fatal.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023

Greg and Tom were both proximal to the Roy family, but existed just beyond it.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2023

The webbing on the hand usually excludes the penultimate phalanges of the fingers, but in some specimens from Amazonian Ecuador the webbing encompasses the proximal parts of the penultimate phalanges of the fingers.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman


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