(Anatomy)situated nearer to the centre of the body or the point of attachment. The opposite of distal (剖)近端的;近身体中心的。 distal 的反义词 the proximal end of the forearm. 前臂的近端。 ■(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 proximally adverb 语源
early 19th cent. (as a term in anatomy and zoology): from Latin proximus 'nearest' + -al. In geology, usage dates from the 1940s