coapt

[koh-apt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to bring close together.
The surgeons coapted the edges of the wound.

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Word History and Origins

1560–70; < Latin coapt ( �� ), equivalent to co- co- + apt�� to put into position, verbal derivative of aptus apt

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Example Sentences

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After the fragments have been coapted, a plaster impression is taken of the jaw and teeth, and from this a silver frame is cast which surrounds but does not envelop the teeth.

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Coanda coaptation

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