Attenuated

Word ATTENUATED
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Definitions and meanings of "Attenuated"

What do we mean by attenuated?

To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.

To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.

To become thin or fine; to grow less.

To weaken.

To rarefy.

To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.

(of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.

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The word "attenuated" in example sentences

The term attenuated focalization refers to a situation where point of view is limited, even if temporarily, to an impeded or distanced visual perspective. ❋ Geniusroi (2010)

And also the nasal flu vaccine is not a good option for pregnant women because that contains the live virus as opposed to what's called the attenuated or killed virus in the flu shot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is different than some of the -- what are called attenuated vaccines, or not so live vaccines that are much more safe. ❋ Unknown (2002)

My blush deepened as I recalled the attenuated blazer in which my secretary breakfasted, lunched and dined without discrimination. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)

They were hunting for clues that might tell them whether the Utah and New York families were related and, if so, which branches were at risk of developing the form of colon cancer, called attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The gene mutation causes a condition known as attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP). ❋ Unknown (2009)

We're living through a deeply contradictory time when black folks (and what's left of the unions) are the Dems only truly reliable voting block, and yet every other manifesto for Democratic revitalization is some kind of attenuated, okie-doke Souljah-moment retread. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, the audience is dispersed, focused attention and dramatic build-up and climax are all replaced by a kind of attenuated attention that's sustained by a sense of apprehension caused by the fog. ❋ Liz Diller (2007)

So the conclusion is 'attenuated' in the sense that it is little more than an existence argument: it argues for the existence of something under a very vague description, and Philo wishes to insist and at great length on just how vague that description is. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Some kind of attenuated freight transport was traveling north-to-south perpendicular to their path, forcing their pilot to come to a complete halt while they waited for the longer, slower machine to pass. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1992)

When the disease has become "attenuated," either by treatment or by itself -- many diseases lose their virulence in time -- the child may be carried to term. ❋ William J. Robinson (N/A)

In their case there was perhaps a kind of attenuated claim to rule, but except for them and the still more infinitesimal pretensions of one or two ax-presidents of republics, no member of the council had even the shade of a right to his participation in its power. ❋ Herbert George (1914)

Reformation produced a kind of attenuated Catholicism. ❋ Preserved Smith (1910)

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