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PROXIMATE PRINCIPLE

\pɹˈɒksɪmˌe͡ɪt pɹˈɪnsɪpə͡l], \pɹˈɒksɪmˌe‍ɪt pɹˈɪnsɪpə‍l], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_m_ˌeɪ_t p_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_s_ɪ_p_əl]\

Definitions of PROXIMATE PRINCIPLE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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any one of the definite compounds into which a tissue may be directly or readily resolved.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An old name given to the foodstuffs of which foods are composed, namely, water, salts, proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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