adj 1 a  :  situated next to or near the point of attachment or origin or a central point <the was … better than the peripheral stump for a graft -Annual Rev. of Med.>  : esp  :  located toward the center of the body <the end of a bone>  - compare DISTALla    b  :  of, relating to, or being the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth  2  :  sensory rather than physical or social < stimuli>  - compare DISTAL2   prox*i*mal*ly adv 
 
 
 
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