coapt

A verb meaning to join or fit together, especially in a surgical or anatomical context.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant joindre ou ajuster l'un à l'autre, notamment dans un contexte chirurgical ou anatomique.

1. Cause to adhere C2 formal medical

   To bring together and cause two surfaces or parts to adhere or join, especially in medical contexts like wound closure.

   • The surgeon carefully coapted the edges of the incision.
   • The glue was used to coapt the torn tissue.
   • Properly coapting the wound edges promotes faster healing.

   🇫🇷Coapter (faire adhérer)

   Synonymes: apposeapproximatebring togethercloseconnectjoinunite

   Antonymes: detachdisjoindisunitepartseparate

2. Fit tightly and fasten C2 formal technical

   To fit two parts together tightly and secure them, often in mechanical or structural contexts.

   • The carpenter coapted the joints of the wooden frame.
   • The engineer designed the parts to coapt perfectly without gaps.
   • They coapted the metal plates using strong bolts.

   🇫🇷Emboîter et fixer

   Synonymes: connectcoupledovetailfasteninterlockjoinlinksecurespliceunite

   Antonymes: detachdisconnectloosenseparate

• coapted past participle
• coapted past simple
• coapting present participle
• coapts third person singular