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proximate causes

proximate causes is the plural of proximate cause.

Meaning of proximate cause

Noun

proximate cause (plural proximate causes)

  1. An event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

Questions about proximate causes

What is proximate causes the plural of?
Proximate causes is the plural of proximate cause.

Words near proximate causes in the dictionary

  1. proximalizing
  2. proximally
  3. proximalmost
  4. proximate
  5. proximate cause
  6. proximate causes
  7. proximate principle
  8. proximate principles
  9. proximately
  10. proximateness
  11. proximates

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