proximocephalic, a. Anat.
(ˌprɒksɪməʊsɪˈfælɪk)
[f. proximo-, taken as combining form of L. proximus nearest + Gr. κεϕαλή head + -ic: cf. cephalic.]
prop. Nearest or next to the head.
| 1889 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. VIII. 536/2 In numbering the individual elements [the carpal bones] the first is the most proximo-cephalic, that is the scaphoid. |