What does coapt(ate) mean?
Coapt(ate) means (transitive, chiefly medicine) To join or attach..
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/ˌkəʊ̯ˈæpt.eɪ̯t/ · verb
(transitive, chiefly medicine) To join or attach..
It is a metaphor drawn from Carpenters and other Artificers, who by ſeverall joynts do ſo coaptate and fit the parts of their work unto one another,[…].
Female patients sometimes tell us that another woman enters her body and coaptates herself to it, especially during the act of coitus.
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Coapt(ate) means (transitive, chiefly medicine) To join or attach..
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It is a metaphor drawn from Carpenters and other Artificers, who by ſeverall joynts do ſo coaptate and fit the parts of their work unto one another,[…].
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