What's the difference between impending and proximate?

Impending


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impend
  • (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Asked if France had “jumped the gun and didn’t tell us”, Fox said he was notaware of anyone in government who knew about the impending airstrikes.
  • (2) Insecure infant attachment at 16 months was associated with maternal perception of overcontrol, depressed mood state, and aversive conditioning to the impending cry in the laboratory task at the 5-month period.
  • (3) In contrast to other methods (ECG, inspection, auscultation, blood gas analysis), it immediately detects an impending lack of oxygen, whatever its cause.
  • (4) In grade 1, there are mild changes, usually of minor significance; in grade 2 moderate changes which need regular observation, and in grade 3 severe changes which indicate impending failure.
  • (5) The report continues: "We have established that on 9 December, the circle of knowledge of an impending 'big story' by the same Telegraph team who broke [a major political story about British parliamentary expenses] extended to ... a former Telegraph employee now employed by News International ... [who] works closely at News International with the former Telegraph editor Will Lewis , both of whom have strong motivations to damage the Telegraph.
  • (6) Our results suggest that immediate coronary angioplasty in acute impending myocardial infarction is effective and avoids the need for prior thrombolytic therapy.
  • (7) This finding suggests that routine measurement of such an electrogram may be a useful tool in predicting impending lead malfunction.
  • (8) Somatosensory cortical evoked potential studies (SEPs) following stimulation of the pudendal nerves proved useful in objectively documenting preoperative low sacral root involvement in a 33-year-old postlaminectomy patient, presenting with impending cauda equina syndrome and treated by piriformis muscle release with good clinical results.
  • (9) The goal of this work was to provide clinicians with objective criteria to augment clinical judgment regarding surgical intervention in the impending compartment syndrome.
  • (10) Of screening tests performed, only LDH was successful in detecting preclinical relapse, with a sensitivity of 42% and specificity of 85% for impending symptomatic relapse.
  • (11) Gastric bleeding from stress ulcers in acutely sick infants frequently signals impending mortality.
  • (12) We report the emergence of an erythematous weeping rash with impending exfoliation three years after the initiation of minoxidil therapy.
  • (13) Six cases of lung cancer combined with the disease which has needed semi-emergency operation, two cases of unstable angina, two of ileus due to colon cancer, one of impending rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm and one of purulent cholecystitis with cholelithiasis, were discussed.
  • (14) Napolitano said there was no indication that Abdulmutallab was "part of anything larger" in terms of impending attacks.
  • (15) A greater use of allylestrenol in the first global evaluation was explained by a higher incidence in these groups of impending miscarriage and preterm labor, which are indications for allylestrenol therapy.
  • (16) In one example of the import substitution sought by the Kremlin, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin , said at a meeting with representatives of Russia's military-industrial complex on Monday night that the country would replace imported components for its arms production, and the impending "technological difficulties" would in the end be beneficial for the country.
  • (17) The idea of cutting corporation tax was floated in the Sunday Express last month as a way of wooing banks considering leaving the UK because of an impending Brexit.
  • (18) We conclude that the rapid LH test was able to predict impending ovulation.
  • (19) In BBC News, hundreds of jobs are under threat , mostly reporting roles, due to the domestic newsgathering operation's impending merger with the World Service.
  • (20) To determine criteria for predicting impending first-trimester loss when a normal fetal heart rate is identified sonographically, the authors studied 16 consecutively examined patients with pregnancies of 5.5-9 weeks gestation, a small sac size, and fetuses with normal cardiac activity.

Proximate


Definition:

  • (a.) Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, CT will be insensitive in the detection of the more cephalic proximal lesions, especially those in the brain stem, basal cisterns, and skull base.
  • (2) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
  • (3) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
  • (4) Measurement of urinary GGT levels represents a means by which proximal tubular disease in equidae could be diagnosed in its developmental stages.
  • (5) The role of adrenergic agents in augmenting proximal tubular salt and water flux, was studied in a preparation of freshly isolated rabbit renal proximal tubular cells in suspension.
  • (6) The remaining 5 soil samples, obtained from sites that were not in close proximity to lakes, were also negative except for one that contained type B.
  • (7) Investigations showed that compliance is reduced in a distal to proximal direction.
  • (8) Axons emerge from proximal dendrites within 50 microns of the soma, and more rarely from the soma, in a tapering initial segment, commonly interrupted by one or two large swellings.
  • (9) Since the incidence of gastric cancer in our population seems to be unchanged, this may suggest a true increase in proximal gastric tumours.
  • (10) Studies were performed to characterize the determinants of proximal tubule ammonia entry (and retention) in vivo.
  • (11) Nine patients with duodenal ulcer were studied before and 2--3 months after proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV).
  • (12) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
  • (13) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
  • (14) The diagnosis of an arterial injury may be readily apparent, but the excellent upper-extremity collateral circulation may create palpable distal pulses despite a significant proximal arterial injury.
  • (15) The NAD-dependent enzymes (except alpha-GPDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the proximal tubules, while the NADP-dependent ones were more reactive in the thick limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubules.
  • (16) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
  • (17) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
  • (18) In this study, we examined renal tubular cell handling of digoxin and ouabain using LLC-PK1 cells, a model of proximal renal tubular cells.
  • (19) The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
  • (20) Hydroperoxides from arachidonic acid can decompose via this mechanism to form leukotrienes of potential biological significance and can catalyze the epoxidation of proximal carcinogens to ultimate carcinogenic metabolites.