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WITHDRAWN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to reserve or introspection
Example:
a quiet indrawn man
Synonyms:
indrawn; withdrawn
Classified under:
Similar:
reserved (marked by self-restraint and reticence)
Derivation:
withdrawnness (a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
Example:
lived an unsocial reclusive life
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unsocial (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions)
Derivation:
withdrawnness (a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb withdraw
Context examples:
This agent has an elevated risk of causing lactic acidosis, and has been withdrawn from the market.
(Buformin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent has been withdrawn from the market due to its elevated risk of lactic acidosis.
(Buformin, NCI Thesaurus)
Fluid withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
(Aspirate, NCI Thesaurus)
The person may become withdrawn, agitated, and depressed.
(Elder Abuse, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
For some years he has practically withdrawn from the business, in which he is said to have massed considerable wealth.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Pemoline has been withdrawn from the U.S. market because of the agent's association with life threatening hepatic failure.
(Pemoline, NCI Thesaurus)
Emma's eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
No longer could he be suspected of indifference for a play; his notice was never withdrawn from the stage during two whole scenes.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Once this instrument is withdrawn, the space created is then filled with bone cement mixture.
(Kyphoplasty, NCI Thesaurus)
Aspirate (pronounced AS-pih-rit) refers to fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
(Aspirate, NCI Dictionary)
