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EVOKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
Example:
an elicited response
Synonyms:
elicited; evoked
Classified under:
Similar:
induced (brought about or caused; not spontaneous)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb evoke
Context examples:
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.
(Orange, NCI Thesaurus)
Prolonged excitation of GABAergic neurons in BNST by a chemogenetic method evoked a longer-lasting, sustained wakefulness state, and it was abolished by administering a dual orexin receptor blocker (antagonist) DORA 22 in advance, meaning that orexins are involved in this phenomenon.
(The Secret Connection between Anxiety, Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky.
(Blue, NCI Thesaurus)
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass.
(Green, NCI Thesaurus)
In particular, two regions of alpha-synuclein evoked reactions from T cells: a section that often contains mutations linked with PD, and a portion undergoing a chemical change that can lead to accumulation of the protein in the brain.
(Immune system may mount an attack in Parkinson’s disease, National Institutes of Health)
As the third brainwave is similar to that evoked by a noise, a newborn baby's brain may be able to link the 'hic' sound of the hiccup with the feel of the diaphragm muscle contraction.
(Baby Hiccups Key to Brain Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter. The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
