LOCALIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does localized mean? 

• LOCALIZED (adjective)
  The adjective LOCALIZED has 2 senses:

1. confined or restricted to a particular location

2. made local or oriented locally

  Familiarity information: LOCALIZED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCALIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confined or restricted to a particular location

Synonyms:

localised; localized

Context example:

the localized infection formed a definite abscess

Similar:

local (affecting only a restricted part or area of the body)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Made local or oriented locally

Synonyms:

localised; localized

Context example:

a decentralized and localized political authority

Similar:

decentralised; decentralized (withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities)

 Context examples 

A regimen used for the treatment of localized aggressive forms of childhood B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, including lymphoblastic lymphoma.

(NHL-BFM-90 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

The proteins are localized to membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum, leading to their proposed designation as 'reticulons.'

(Neuroendocrine-Specific Protein, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

The application of pressure or localized massage to specific sites on the body to control symptoms such as pain or nausea.

(Acupressure, NCI Dictionary)

Most patients present with limited stage disease (localized peripheral lymphadenopathy, stage I or II); the prognosis of patients with stage I and stage II disease is very good.

(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The salts could be remnants of an ocean, or localized bodies of water, that reached the surface and then froze millions of years ago.

(Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area, NASA)

The ability to manipulate these properties facilitates a controlled, localized activation and clearance mechanism of diseased or abnormal cells.

(Nanobomb, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign localized neoplasm arising from the subcutaneous tissues and skeletal muscle.

(Myofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples include the diffuse giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and localized giant cell tumor of tendon sheath.

(Benign Synovial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The protein is localized to the surface of cells and is utilized as a prognostic marker in persons with cancers that involve white blood cells.

(Beta-2-Microglobulin Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Synaptobrevin (also called VAMP2) is localized at the synaptic vesicle membrane, while SNAP-25 and syntaxin are associated with the plasma membrane.

(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)