PROCESSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does processed mean? 

• PROCESSED (adjective)
  The adjective PROCESSED has 3 senses:

1. subjected to a special process or treatment

2. freed from impurities by processing

3. prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process

  Familiarity information: PROCESSED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCESSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subjected to a special process or treatment

Context example:

processed cheeses are easy to spread

Similar:

prepared (made ready or fit or suitable beforehand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Freed from impurities by processing

Synonyms:

processed; refined

Context example:

to gild refined gold

Sense 3

Meaning:

Prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process

Context example:

processed ores

Similar:

cured; vulcanised; vulcanized ((used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity))

milled; polished ((of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed)

semi-processed (having been subjected to partial processing)

Also:

finished ((of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state)

pure (free of extraneous elements of any kind)

treated (subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent)

Antonym:

unprocessed (not altered from an original or natural state)

 Context examples 

Eating too much processed meat (8.2%), sugar-sweetened beverages (7.4%), and unprocessed red meat (0.4%) also raised the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes-related deaths.

(How dietary factors influence disease risk, NIH)

A data type comprised of a text string that can be displayed or machine processed, which does not allow translations.

(Character String No Translations Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human PPBP Gene (Alpha Chemokine CXC Family), secreted 128-aa 14-kDa (precursor) Pro-Platelet Basic Protein is a platelet-derived growth factor that is processed to PBP and Connective-Tissue-Activating_Peptide-III.

(Connective Tissue-Activating Peptide III, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, slight differences in protein levels between the ultra-processed and unprocessed diets in this study could potentially explain as much as half the difference in calorie intake.

(Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain, National Institutes of Health)

A data type comprised of a text string that can be displayed or machine processed.

(Character String Data Type, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A sequence of 8 bits processed as a single unit of information.

(Byte, NCI Thesaurus)

Processed during apoptosis, BARD-1 may mediate apoptosis; homodimers are more susceptible to proteolytic cleavage than BARD1/BRCA1.

(BRCA1 Associated RING Domain Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon subcutaneous administration, the brachyury-expressing yeast vaccine GI-6301 is recognized by dendritic cells, processed, and presented by Class I and II MHC molecules on the dendritic cell surface.

(Brachyury-expressing Yeast Vaccine GI-6301, NCI Thesaurus)

Women who have had gestational diabetes may indeed benefit from a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and low in red and processed meats.

(Healthy diet may reduce high blood pressure risk after gestational diabetes, NIH)

For presentation, the exposures were processed separately.

(Earth and Its Moon, as Seen From Mars, NASA)