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induced
[ in-doost, -dyoost ]
adjective
- brought about, produced, or caused, especially artificially (often used in combination):
Medical intervention in childbirth has become the norm, with hospitals relying on epidurals, C-sections, and induced labor.
The field expedition to the Greenland Sea will study climate-induced changes in the marine food web.
- Physics. (of an electric current) produced by induction:
As a coil on a pendulum passes between the poles of an electromagnet, the induced current causes the small bulb to light up.
- Genetics. (of a gene) having increased expression as a result of the inactivation of a negative control system or the activation of a positive control system (often used in combination):
The induced genes in the transgenic variety were of unknown function.
Our focus is on the serum-induced genes cloned from fibroblasts.
- Biochemistry. noting or relating to a protein, especially an enzyme, whose synthesis has been stimulated by increased gene transcription (often used in combination):
These induced proteins are unlikely to affect cellular DNA repair directly.
We can now speculate that the heat-induced proteins play an important role in gastric cell protection.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of induce ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz··ܳ adjective
- ܲ·-·ܳ adjective
- ܲ··ܳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of induced1
Example Sentences
At the hospital, he was placed in an induced coma “as a result of smoke inhalation,” Johnson said.
He was intubated and placed in a medically induced coma, which is a common step in treating severe smoke inhalation.
Arenas has been hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, who first reported the crash.
It will measure magnetic fields induced by the presence of the electrical current in the upper atmosphere in different locations, especially during space weather events.
Woffinden suffered multiple fractures and an injury to his chest and was put into a medically induced coma.
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