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INCLUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inclusion mean? 

INCLUSION (noun)
  The noun INCLUSION has 4 senses:

1. the state of being includedplay

2. the relation of comprising somethingplay

3. any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)play

4. the act of includingplay

  Familiarity information: INCLUSION used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCLUSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being included

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("inclusion" is a kind of...):

situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclusion"):

embrace (the state of taking in or encircling)

encompassment (including entirely)

Antonym:

exclusion (the state of being excluded)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The relation of comprising something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

comprehension; inclusion

Context example:

he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work

Hypernyms ("inclusion" is a kind of...):

involvement (a connection of inclusion or containment)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

cellular inclusion; inclusion; inclusion body

Context example:

an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell

Hypernyms ("inclusion" is a kind of...):

body (an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclusion"):

plasmid; plasmid DNA (a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication)

cancer body; Russell's body (an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer)


Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of including

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("inclusion" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclusion"):

incorporation (including by incorporating)

Derivation:

include (add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category)

include (consider as part of something)

include (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)


 Context examples 


Infections produce type A inclusion bodies; in many instances, infection may remain latent for many years, even in the presence of specific circulating antibodies.

(Herpesvirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Inclusion of the 4-1BB signaling domain may also increase the antitumor activity when compared to the inclusion of the CD3-zeta chain alone.

(CD33CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing Autologous T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

The mHtt translocates to the nucleus, where it forms intranuclear inclusions, though they are not primarily responsible for toxicity.

(Huntington's Disease Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The concept covers inclusion and exclusion criteria.

(Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

The inclusion of the 4-1BB signaling domain may increase the antitumor activity as compared to the inclusion of the CD3-zeta chain alone.

(cMet CAR-mRNA Electroporated Autologous T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of intranuclear inclusion bodies.

(Cytomegaloviral Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Higher levels of parental education were associated with lower odds of inclusion in the second group.

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

Providing experimental therapies to very sick individuals even though they don't meet the critera for inclusion in a trial.

(Compassionate Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

Inclusion of an individual in a peer or minority group

(Group Affiliation, NCI Thesaurus)

An inherited lysosomal storage disease characterized by the presence of dense intracytoplasmic inclusions in mesenchymal cells, especially fibroblasts.

(I-Cell Disease, NCI Thesaurus)



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