| induce | 1. To lead in; to introduce. "The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad." (Pope) 2. To draw on; to overspread. 3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence. "He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . Though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted." (Paley) "Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation." (Dryden) 4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure. "Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves." (Bacon) 5. <physics> To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state. 6. <logic> To generalise or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; the opposite of deduce. Synonym: To move, instigate, urge, impel, incite, press, influence, actuate. Origin: L. Inducere, inductum; pref. In- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| induced abortion | An abortion brought on purposefully by drugs or mechanical means. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced apnea | Intentional respiratory arrest during general anaesthesia produced by hypocapnia, a muscle relaxant drug, respiratory centre depression, or sudden cessation of controlled respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced enzyme | Inducible enzyme, an enzyme that can be detected in a growing culture of a microorganism, after the addition of a particular substance (inducer) to the culture medium, but was not detectable prior to the addition and can act on the inducer. A prototype is the beta-galactosidase of Escherichia coli, synthesised upon the addition of various galactosides, whether or not these are good substrates. Compare: constitutive enzyme. Synonym: adaptive enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced fever | 1. Obsolete synonym for pyrotherapy. 2. Treatment of fever. Synonym: artificial fever, induced fever. Origin: pyreto-+ G. Therapeia, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced fit | A change in the conformation of an enzyme due to it binding to asubstrate that makes it catalyticallyactive. A situation where any molecule changes shape as it binds toa ligand so that its bindingsite more closely conforms to the shape of the ligand. (09 Oct 1997) |
| induced fit model | A model to suggest a mode of action of enzymes in which the substrate binds to the active site of the protein, causing a conformational change in the protein. Synonym: Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced labour | <obstetrics> Labour that is brought about by artificial means. (12 Dec 1998) |
| induced mutation | A mutation caused by exposure to a mutagen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced phagocytosis | <cell biology> Phagocytosis occurring when bacteria subjected to the action of blood serum are brought in contact with leukocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced psychotic disorder | <psychiatry> A severe mental disorder brought about by a toxic agent such as a drug or hallucinogen. See: psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced radioactivity | artificial radioactivity |
| induced sensitivity | 1. <immunology> A state of hypersensitivity induced by exposure to a particular antigen (allergen) resulting in harmful immunologic reactions on subsequent exposures, the term is usually used to refer to hypersensitivity to an environmental antigen (atopic allergy or contact dermatitis) or to drug allergy. The original meaning, now obsolete, included all states of altered immunologic reactivity, immunity as well as hypersensitivity. Gell and Coombs used the term allergic reaction to mean any harmful immunologic reaction causing tissue injury. 2. <study> The medical specialty dealing with diagnosis and treatment of allergic disorders. (18 Nov 1997) |
| induced symptom | A symptom excited by a drug, exercise, or other means, often intentionally for diagnostic purposes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced trance | The artificially induced state of hypnosis or of somnambulistic trance. (05 Mar 2000) |