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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Established beyond doubt
Example:
a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness
Synonyms:
proved; proven
Classified under:
Similar:
established (shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt)
evidenced (supported by evidence)
tested; tried; well-tried (tested and proved useful or correct)
verified (proved to be true)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb prove
Context examples:
Information proven as true based on documentation, measurement, or facts; not subjective or speculative.
(Objective Evidence, NCI Thesaurus)
The HAN has been proven to be pre-neoplastic (premalignant) by serial transplantation into the gland-cleared fat pad of syngeneic mice.
(LobuloAlveolar Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Health fraud involves selling drugs, devices, foods, or cosmetics that have not been proven effective.
(Health Fraud, Food and Drug Administration)
Researchers funded by NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) developed DASH to prevent and treat high blood pressure, but the diet also has proven highly effective in lowering blood cholesterol.
(DASH ranked Best Diet Overall for eighth year in a row by U.S. News and World Report, National Institutes of Health)
The virgin olive oil is the healthiest option, which has already been proven in relation to diverse aspects of health.
(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)
It is important to note that the new findings do not apply to people with a proven indication for aspirin such as stroke, heart attack or other cardiovascular disease.
(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)
The JAMA article concludes that ultimately, a preventive vaccine could be the only sustainable solution to a fast-changing bug that has proven adept at developing resistance.
(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)
Now, a study carried out by researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has proven that bacteria may play a crucial role in barite precipitation.
(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)
Inflammation has been proven to play a major role in a number of normal processes in humans, but it also fosters diseases, many of which are increasing in prevalence and severity.
(Natural protein points to new inflammation treatment, NIH)
Since the first GM crops were planted 23 years ago, no ill effects have been documented; the crops have enjoyed an unblemished and proven safety record and have expanded 113-fold from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 191.7 million hectares in 2018.
(GM tech expands with more crops to more countries, SciDev.Net)
