Lexic.us

Definition of Localized

1. Adjective. Confined or restricted to a particular location. "The localized infection formed a definite abscess"

2. Adjective. Made local or oriented locally. "A decentralized and localized political authority"

Definition of Localized

1. Adjective. Limited to a particular area, in a local vicinity only. ¹

2. Verb. (past of localize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Localized

1. localize [v] - See also: localize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Localized

localist localists localite localites localities locality localizability localizable localization localization agnosia

localization of function localization principle localization related epilepsy localizations localize localized (current term) localizer localizers localizes localizing

localizing electrode localizing symptom localizor locally locally compact locally indicable localness localnesses locals localvore

Literary usage of Localized

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1921)
"Incision, drainage, and osteotomy for localized osteomyelitis of the right femur. The femur was approached from a lateral aspect. ..."

2. Behavior of the Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1906)
"If the contraction remains precisely localized, as it sometimes does, ... is brought against a , ij • • • A precisely localized chemical stimulus is ..."

3. The Psychoneuroses and Their Treatment by Psychotherapy by E. Gauckler (1915)
"DIFFUSE OR localized DISTURBANCES OF SENSIBILITY. FIRST of all, how does general sensibility behave under an emotion? Two distinct classes of facts and of ..."

4. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1916)
"localized Nonpigmented Sarcoma.—This is the most benign variety, and is characterized by the occurrence of a single or localized round or oval, ..."

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