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GENERALIZED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment
Example:
the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unspecialised; unspecialized (not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb generalize
Context examples:
It is characterized by discrete, firm, skin-colored, and slightly elevated cutaneous papules, nodules or plaques that may be generalized, or found on the trunk and the extremities.
(Eruptive Collagenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical association of heavy PROTEINURIA, HYPOALBUMINEMIA, and generalized EDEMA.
(Nephrotic Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 test code.
(CDISC Questionnaire GAD-7 Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
It appears to reduce compulsive alcohol drinking without a generalized effect on motivation.
(New study identifies gene variant linked to compulsive drinking, NIH)
The term has been generalized to include aromatic heterocyclic structures, such as thiophene and pyridine, but it is more precise to call compounds of the latter type heteroaromatic.
(Aromatic Compounds, NCI Thesaurus)
The results cannot be generalized to soccer players who are teenagers, children or professional players.
(Soccer Players: More Headers, More Concussions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Not finding the variant in all groups despite large numbers of participants in each group strengthens the argument that findings from one population cannot always be generalized to others.
(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)
The eruptions are usually generalized, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting.
(Pityriasis Rosea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
I have generalized about myself, and the world, my place in it, and my chance to win to a place that will be fit for you.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It is characterized by systemic disease with a leukemic phase, generalized lymphadenopathy, and skin lesions.
(Acute Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
