coapt

American

[koh-apt] / koʊˈæpt /

verb (used with object)

to bring close together.

The surgeons coapted the edges of the wound.

Etymology

Origin of coapt

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

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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