See Also: Coaptation(medicine)
coaptation(dictionary)
coaptation splint(medicine)
coaptation suture(medicine)

coaptation (iou)



coaptation noun. M16.
[Late Latin coaptatio(n-), formed as COAPT: see -ATION.]
The adaptation or adjustment of things, parts, etc., to each other; spec. in Medicine, the drawing together of separated tissue, e.g. in a wound or fracture.