| a. | 1. | Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate. |
| 2. | (Biol.) Situated near the point of attachment or origin; |
| Adj. | 1. | proximal - situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the proximal end of a bone" Antonyms: distal - situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone |