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desexualization

n. in psychoanalytic theory, the elimination or neutralization of a sexual aim. See also sublimation. —desexualize vb.

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proximal

proximal

adj.

1. situated near or directed toward the trunk or center of an organism.

2. near or mostly closely related to the point of reference or origin. Compare distal. —proximally adv.