Immediate
a.-
Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close;
as, .immediate contact - Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
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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
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.
