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EMBEDDED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding wholeplay

Example:

an embedded subordinate clause

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

integrated (formed into a whole or introduced into another entity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enclosed firmly in a surrounding massplay

Example:

peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb embed

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 Context examples: 

Tissue that is not frozen or embedded in preservatives

(Fresh Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor cells are polygonal and deeply eosinophilic, and are embedded in a fibrous stroma.

(Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the BONE MATRIX.

(Murine Osteocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Any part of a transmembrane protein that is not embedded within the membrane.

(Extramembrane Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The marine biologists found that wherever there were clusters of mussels embedded in the mud around the base of the grass stems, the grass survived.

(Biodiversity in salt marshes builds climate resilience, NSF)

It is characterized by the presence of odontogenic epithelium which is embedded in a fibrous stroma.

(Odontogenic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

They formed scaffold structures composed of the nanoparticles embedded in a non-toxic gel often used in biomedical applications.

(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)

All galaxies, according to this theory, form and are embedded within clouds of dark matter.

(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)

Electron microscopy of the mouse brains infected with bacteria also showed that the microbes were embedded in beta-amyloid fibers.

(Alzheimer’s protein may have natural antibiotic role, NIH)

“The results raise the possibility that these sounds, which are embedded in speech and music, may have shaped the basic organization of the human brain.”

(Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch, National Institutes of Health)




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