induced
Americanadjective
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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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When she went into labour, Katie was induced and then "we were left in a room for long periods of time where I had no care," she explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In other words, they induced jet lag despite basically going nowhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
To open the fifth, he induced Salas to hit the ball on the ground, but it got away from second baseman Tommy Edman as he dove up the middle, for a single.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
These cells were created from induced pluripotent stem cells, which are made by reprogramming ordinary human somatic cells so that they regain the ability to develop into many different cell types.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Maybe, though, given the incipient incontinence induced by the flush-out regimen, it’s just as well I have no apartments to see.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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