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ap·prox·i·mate (

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v.

To bring together, as cut edges of tissue.

adj. (-m

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1. Relating to the contact surfaces, either proximal or distal, of two adjacent teeth; proximate.

2. Close together. Used of the teeth in the human jaw.

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