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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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In chemistry an organic compound which may exist already formed as a part of some other more complex substance; various sugars, starches, and albumins belong to this class of substances.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Arear
- To raise; set up; stir up. Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand. a-r[=e]r', adv. in the rear. [A.S. pfx. a-, on, to, and REAR.]