Immediate amputation
(gcide) | Immediate \Im*me"di*ate\, a. [F. imm['e]diat. See In- not, and
Mediate.]
1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening;
proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
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You are the most immediate to our throne. --Shak.
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2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
"Assemble we immediate council." --Shak.
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Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared,
By some immediate stroke. --Milton.
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3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the
intervention of another object as a cause, means, or
agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an
immediate cause.
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The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore
impossible. --Sir. W.
Hamilton.
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Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed
within the first few hours after an injury, and before the
the effects of the shock have passed away.
Syn: Proximate; close; direct; next.
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