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coaptation|kəʊæpˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. coaptātiōn-em fitting together (in Augustine), n. of action f. coaptāre (see above): so in mod.F. in sense c.]
Adaptation or adjustment of things, parts, etc., to each other; fitting together.
1561Eden Arte Nauig. Pref. C ij, The frame and coaptacion of the bodye of man. 1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. 370 The..Co-aptation of the Spring, Wheels, Ballance, and other Parts. a1745Broome (J.), The..judicious coaptation and ranging of the words. a1834Coleridge Shaks. Notes (1849) 85 The coaptation and union of the elements.
†b. as a condition. Obs.
1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 291 Cohabitation of place seekes or makes coaptation of manners. 1688Norris Theory Love i. ii. 10 A certain connaturality or coaptation of the soul to good.
c. spec. in Surg. The fitting together or adjustment of the ends of a fractured bone, setting; the replacement of a dislocated bone.
1783P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. I. 377 The general doctrine relative to fractures..Coaptation or setting. 1807–26S. Cooper First Lines Surg. (ed. 5) 279 The ends of the bone may be put into a state of coaptation with the greatest ease. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 448/1 Fractures..submitted..to the maintenance of exact co-aptation for months. |