induced
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brought about, produced, or caused, especially artificially (often used in combination).
Medical intervention in childbirth has become the norm, with hospitals relying on epidurals, C-sections, and induced labor.
The field expedition to the Greenland Sea will study climate-induced changes in the marine food web.
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Physics. (of an electric current) produced by induction.
As a coil on a pendulum passes between the poles of an electromagnet, the induced current causes the small bulb to light up.
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Genetics. (of a gene) having increased expression as a result of the inactivation of a negative control system or the activation of a positive control system (often used in combination).
The induced genes in the transgenic variety were of unknown function.
Our focus is on the serum-induced genes cloned from fibroblasts.
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Biochemistry. noting or relating to a protein, especially an enzyme, whose synthesis has been stimulated by increased gene transcription (often used in combination).
These induced proteins are unlikely to affect cellular DNA repair directly.
We can now speculate that the heat-induced proteins play an important role in gastric cell protection.
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He was put in a medically induced coma, his wife Ellen recounted to AFP, and was in intensive care for about a month.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Sheehan had induced plenty of soft contact, plus three strikeouts, all in the first two innings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Turning our heads toward the future aggravates the whiplash induced by rapid change.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Keenan Acton, 26, spent more than four weeks in an induced coma after collapsing at a Hyrox fitness competition in October 2024.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
At last Ralph induced him to hold the shell but by then the blow of laughter had taken away the child's voice.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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