coapt

[ koh-apt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to bring close together:

   The surgeons coapted the edges of the wound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coapt¹

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

Example Sentences

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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