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co⋅apt

  [koh-apt]
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–verb (used with object)
to bring close together: The surgeons coapted the edges of the wound.
Origin:
1560–70; < L coapt(āre), equiv. to co- co- + aptāre to put into position, v. deriv. of aptus apt
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: co·apt
Pronunciation: kO-'apt
Function: transitive verb
: to close or fasten together : cause to adhere coapted with sutures —Biological Abstracts>
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