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