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CONTROLLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
Example:
the controlled release of water from reservoirs
Classified under:
Similar:
contained (gotten under control)
disciplined (obeying the rules)
dominated (controlled or ruled by superior authority or power)
harnessed (brought under control and put to use)
obsessed; possessed (influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion)
price-controlled (having the price regulated or controlled by government)
regimented (strictly controlled)
Also:
restrained (under restraint)
Antonym:
uncontrolled (not being under control; out of control)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb control
Context examples:
Cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment.
(Advanced cancer, NCI Dictionary)
For decades we thought that breathing was exclusively controlled by neurons in the brain.
(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)
They walked along the road through the valley, and chiefly in silence, for Marianne's MIND could not be controlled, and Elinor, satisfied with gaining one point, would not then attempt more.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The shipment of blood products under controlled conditions.
(Blood Product Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
The amount of a substance required to achieve a specified, measurable physiological change in a controlled environment.
(Clinical Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
Experimental condition created by disrupting cells with homogenization, sonication, detergents, or other treatment, leaving intracellular components exposed to controlled manipulation of the medium.
(Cell-free System, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Normally, your cells grow and die in a controlled way.
(Cancer Chemotherapy, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A form of exercise that combines body movement, mental focus, and controlled breathing to improve strength, balance, flexibility, and overall health.
(Mind-body exercise, NCI Dictionary)
A health practice that combines mental focus, controlled breathing, and body movements to help relax the body and mind.
(Mind-body modality, NCI Dictionary)
Under normal cellular conditions, the activity of these proteins is tightly controlled.
(Oncogenes, G-Proteins, NCI Thesaurus)
