To bring or place parts in close contact so they fit together properly, used especially in anatomy and surgery.
From co- + Latin aptatus (fitted together), a variant form of coapt used in medical Latin. Both forms developed in Renaissance medical texts.
This is basically the fancy medical version of 'fit together perfectly'—doctors use it to describe how skin edges must coaptate after surgery for the best healing.
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