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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.
Other Word Forms
- noninduced adjective
- quasi-induced adjective
- uninduced adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of induced1
Example Sentences
At the roadside he suffered the first of three seizures that led to him being placed in an induced coma for 24 hours.
All the subjects took turns in an MRI machine, where the researchers induced auditory hallucinations with classical conditioning, following the example of Pavlov and his dogs.
Even though he never hit 90 mph with his fastball, he induced a string of soft contact while striking out five in a six-inning start.
Having had the first part of the surgery on Monday, the striker spent Tuesday in an induced coma as medical staff monitored his progress as part of the procedure.
But the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems uninterested in such options and is unlikely to be induced to change its outlook.
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