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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 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz··ܳ adjective
- ܲ·-·ܳ adjective
- ܲ··ܳ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of induced1
Example Sentences
Three days before her death, Hailey was 41 weeks pregnant and scheduled to be induced at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley.
It was the first successful induced spawn of the animals in California.
Mr Justice Bennathan said Alexander was in a psychotic state when she killed her sons and that it was cannabis induced.
"Trump has induced a gigantic amount of uncertainty into the global economy and consumers and investors and business managers are reeling and unable to make long-term decisions," Mr Ellerboek said.
Cardenas got a double play to end the fifth and induced three left-handed-hitting Lancers to ground out to first base in the sixth.
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