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<p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/proximus#Latin" title="proximus">proximus</a></i>, superlative form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/prope#Latin" title="prope">prope</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">near, nigh</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpɹɒksɪməl/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-proximal.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proximal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proximal.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proximal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proximal.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proximal.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-proximal.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proximal.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">proximal</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">proximal</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">proximal</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/anatomy" title="anatomy">anatomy</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/geology" title="geology">geology</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Closer to the point of <a href="/wiki/attachment" title="attachment">attachment</a> or observation. <dl><dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distal#English" title="distal">distal</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/dentistry" title="dentistry">dentistry</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Facing toward another tooth. The proximal surfaces of a tooth are those that touch or are close to neighboring teeth.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/linguistics" title="linguistics">linguistics</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Closer to the speaker.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">closer to the point of attachment<span class="ib-comma qualifier-comma">,</span> closer to the speaker</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distal#English" title="distal">distal</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coordinate_terms">Coordinate terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>(<i>human anatomy direction adjectives</i>) <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/anterior#English" title="anterior">anterior</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distal#English" title="distal">distal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dorsal#English" title="dorsal">dorsal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lateral#English" title="lateral">lateral</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/medial#English" title="medial">medial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/posterior#English" title="posterior">posterior</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">proximal</strong></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ventral#English" title="ventral">ventral</a></span> <sup>(Category: <a href="/wiki/Category:en:Medicine" title="Category:en:Medicine">en:Medicine</a>)</sup> <sup class="plainlinks">[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Template:list:human_anatomy_direction_adjectives/en&action=edit">edit</a>]</sup></li> <li>(<i>dentistry location adjectives</i>) <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/anterior#English" title="anterior">anterior</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/apical#English" title="apical">apical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/apicocoronal#English" title="apicocoronal">apicocoronal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/axial#English" title="axial">axial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccal#English" title="buccal">buccal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccoapical#English" title="buccoapical">buccoapical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccocervical#English" title="buccocervical">buccocervical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccogingival#English" title="buccogingival">buccogingival</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccolabial#English" title="buccolabial">buccolabial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccolingual#English" title="buccolingual">buccolingual</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bucco-occlusal#English" title="bucco-occlusal">bucco-occlusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buccopalatal#English" title="buccopalatal">buccopalatal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cervical#English" title="cervical">cervical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/coronal#English" title="coronal">coronal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/coronoapical#English" title="coronoapical">coronoapical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distal#English" title="distal">distal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distoapical#English" title="distoapical">distoapical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distobuccal#English" title="distobuccal">distobuccal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distocervical#English" title="distocervical">distocervical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distocoronal#English" title="distocoronal">distocoronal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distofacial#English" title="distofacial">distofacial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distogingival#English" title="distogingival">distogingival</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distoincisal#English" title="distoincisal">distoincisal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distolingual#English" title="distolingual">distolingual</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/disto-occlusal#English" title="disto-occlusal">disto-occlusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distoclusal#English" title="distoclusal">distoclusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distocclusal#English" title="distocclusal">distocclusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distopalatal#English" title="distopalatal">distopalatal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/facial#English" title="facial">facial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gingival#English" title="gingival">gingival</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/incisal#English" title="incisal">incisal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/incisocervical#English" title="incisocervical">incisocervical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/inferior#English" title="inferior">inferior</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/labial#English" title="labial">labial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lingual#English" title="lingual">lingual</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/linguobuccal#English" title="linguobuccal">linguobuccal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/linguo-occlusal#English" title="linguo-occlusal">linguo-occlusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandibular#English" title="mandibular">mandibular</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/maxillary#English" title="maxillary">maxillary</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesial#English" title="mesial">mesial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesioapical#English" title="mesioapical">mesioapical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiobuccal#English" title="mesiobuccal">mesiobuccal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiocervical#English" title="mesiocervical">mesiocervical</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiocoronal#English" title="mesiocoronal">mesiocoronal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiodistal#English" title="mesiodistal">mesiodistal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiofacial#English" title="mesiofacial">mesiofacial</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesioincisal#English" title="mesioincisal">mesioincisal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiogingival#English" title="mesiogingival">mesiogingival</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiolingual#English" title="mesiolingual">mesiolingual</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesio-occlusal#English" title="mesio-occlusal">mesio-occlusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesioclusal#English" title="mesioclusal">mesioclusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiocclusal#English" title="mesiocclusal">mesiocclusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesiopalatal#English" title="mesiopalatal">mesiopalatal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/occlusal#English" title="occlusal">occlusal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/palatal#English" title="palatal">palatal</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/posterior#English" title="posterior">posterior</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">proximal</strong></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/superior#English" title="superior">superior</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/vestibular#English" title="vestibular">vestibular</a></span> <sup>(Category: <a href="/wiki/Category:en:Dentistry" title="Category:en:Dentistry">en:Dentistry</a>)</sup> <sup class="plainlinks">[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Template:list:dentistry_location_adjectives/en&action=edit">edit</a>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/anteroproximal#English" title="anteroproximal">anteroproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/caudoproximal#English" title="caudoproximal">caudoproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cranioproximal#English" title="cranioproximal">cranioproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/distoproximal#English" title="distoproximal">distoproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dorsoproximal#English" title="dorsoproximal">dorsoproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/interproximal#English" title="interproximal">interproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lateroproximal#English" title="lateroproximal">lateroproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/medioproximal#English" title="medioproximal">medioproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesioproximal#English" title="mesioproximal">mesioproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesoproximal#English" title="mesoproximal">mesoproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/midproximal#English" title="midproximal">midproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonproximal#English" title="nonproximal">nonproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/occlusoproximal#English" title="occlusoproximal">occlusoproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/posteroproximal#English" title="posteroproximal">posteroproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/proximal_convoluted_tubule#English" title="proximal convoluted tubule">proximal convoluted tubule</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/proximality#English" title="proximality">proximality</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/proximally#English" title="proximally">proximally</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/proximalmost#English" title="proximalmost">proximalmost</a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/proximal_phalange" title="proximal phalange">proximal phalange</a> <span style="white-space:nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/proximal_phalanx" title="proximal phalanx">proximal phalanx</a>)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ventroproximal#English" title="ventroproximal">ventroproximal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/zone_of_proximal_development#English" title="zone of proximal development">zone of proximal development</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/proximate#English" title="proximate">proximate</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-closer_to_the_point_of_attachment"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">closer to the point of attachment</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="closer to the point of attachment"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">proximal</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%84%B0%E8%BF%91#Mandarin" title="鄰近">鄰近的</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%82%BB%E8%BF%91#Mandarin" title="邻近">邻近的</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%B0%E8%BF%91" class="extiw" title="zh:鄰近">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">línjìn de</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/proxim%C3%A1ln%C3%AD#Czech" title="proximální">proximální</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/proxim%C3%A1ln%C3%AD" class="extiw" title="cs:proximální">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/l%C3%A4heinen#Finnish" title="läheinen">läheinen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%A4heinen" class="extiw" title="fi:läheinen">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/proksimaalinen#Finnish" title="proksimaalinen">proksimaalinen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/proksimaalinen" class="extiw" title="fi:proksimaalinen">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#German">proximal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/proximal" class="extiw" title="de:proximal">(de)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">medicine</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B3%CF%8D%CF%82#Greek" title="εγγύς">εγγύς</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B3%CF%8D%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:εγγύς">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">engýs</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/neasach#Irish" title="neasach">neasach</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/prossimale#Italian" title="prossimale">prossimale</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/prossimale" class="extiw" title="it:prossimale">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=n%C3%AAz%C3%AEk%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nêzîkî (page does not exist)">nêzîkî</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/n%C3%AAz%C3%AEk%C3%AE" class="extiw" title="ku:nêzîkî">(ku)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Occitan">proximal</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">proximal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/proximal" class="extiw" title="pt:proximal">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Romanian">proximal</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="проксимальный (page does not exist)">проксимальный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:проксимальный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">proksimalʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">proximal</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Swedish">proximal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/proximal" class="extiw" title="sv:proximal">(sv)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pɾo.siˈmaw/</span> <span class="IPA">[pɾo.siˈmaʊ̯]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 50em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pɾɔ.siˈmal/</span> <span class="IPA">[pɾɔ.siˈmaɫ]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pɾɔ.siˈmal/</span> <span class="IPA">[pɾɔ.siˈmaɫ]</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Southern Portugal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pɾɔ.siˈma.li/</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Rhymes: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Portugal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Portuguese/al" title="Rhymes:Portuguese/al"><span class="IPA">-al</span></a>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Brazil</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Portuguese/aw" title="Rhymes:Portuguese/aw"><span class="IPA">-aw</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="pt">pro‧xi‧mal</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">proximal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/proximais#Portuguese" title="proximais">proximais</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">proximal</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Spanish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>masculine and feminine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/proximales#Spanish" title="proximales">proximales</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">proximal</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=proximal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/proximalmente#Spanish" title="proximalmente">proximalmente</a></span></li></ul></div><div 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