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LOCALIZED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made local or oriented locally
Example:
a decentralized and localized political authority
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
decentralised; decentralized (withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Confined or restricted to a particular location
Example:
the localized infection formed a definite abscess
Synonyms:
localised; localized
Classified under:
Similar:
local (affecting only a restricted part or area of the body)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb localize
Context examples:
Localized or widespread congenital absence of skin.
(Aplasia Cutis Congenita, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is localized to the splicosome and may be involved in RNA splicing, topoisomerase activity and transcriptional regulation.
(Non-POU Domain-Containing Octamer-Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A modified version of the NHL-BFM 90 regimen, employing a different methotrexate dosing schedule, used for the treatment of localized aggressive forms of childhood B-cell lymphoma, including lymphoblastic lymphoma.
(NHL-BFM-95 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs and symptoms include pain and localized tenderness, at the site of the lesion.
(Osteoid Osteoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Several earlier studies suggested that Ina was quite young and might have formed due to localized volcanic activity.
(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)
And there it was on Europa — a brief, localized bend in the magnetic field that had never been explained.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
However, magnetized rocks near the lunar surface do create small, localized spots of magnetic field that extend anywhere from hundreds of yards to hundreds of miles.
(NASA Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn', NASA)
Symptoms may develop after minor trauma and include localized neck pain, atlantoaxial instability, and transient or permanent neurologic manifestations.
(Odontoid Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients present with a localized psoriasiform or hyperkeratotic patch or plaque, usually in the extremities.
(Pagetoid Reticulosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Proteins that are localized to the nucleus of the cell.
(Nuclear Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
