COMBINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combined mean? 

• COMBINED (adjective)
  The adjective COMBINED has 1 sense:

1. made or joined or united into one

  Familiarity information: COMBINED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made or joined or united into one

Similar:

compounded (combined into or constituting a chemical compound)

conglomerate (composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass)

occluded; sorbed ((of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance)

one (being a single entity made by combining separate components)

rolled into one (made up of several components combined into a single entity)

Antonym:

uncombined (not joined or united into one)

 Context examples 

These 2-D images are then combined to yield a detailed 3-D view of the virus.

(Zika virus structure revealed, NIH)

Combined with existing data and improved remote sensing instruments, the map, gives scientists new tools to investigate ocean spreading centers and little-studied remote ocean basins.

(New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor, NSF)

Local decision-making by cells, combined with signalling between them, might be how plants make decisions without a brain.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

To draw on the statistical power of larger numbers, a research consortium combined data from all available schizophrenia genetic samples.

(Over 100 Genetic Sites Tied to Schizophrenia, NIH)

A subtype of depression characterized by the inability to find pleasure in positive things combined with physical agitation, insomnia, or decreased appetite.

(Melancholic Depression, NCI Thesaurus)

The effects of marijuana exposure during pregnancy and the combined effect of alcohol and marijuana are less known.

(Using both marijuana and alcohol during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of disrupting fetal development, National Institutes of Health)

"This study is an example of using combined datasets and instruments," Lopes said.

(The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed, NASA)

Combined glandular formation as well as foci of fusion/solid areas.

(Moderately Differentiated Invasive Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The combined health effect of multiple air pollutants ̶ ozone, fine particles known as PM2.5, nitrogen oxides, and black carbon ̶ was greater than when the pollutants were assessed individually.

(Study finds link between long-term exposure to air pollution and emphysema, National Institutes of Health)

Intratumoral injection of methotrexate combined with epinephrine may potentially increase chemotherapeutic efficacy compared to systemic administration and reduce systemic toxicity and side effects.

(Methotrexate-E Therapeutic Implant, NCI Thesaurus)