Proximal

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.

II. Proximal ·adj Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.

III. Proximal ·adj Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.