DECREASED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decreased mean? 

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

1. made less in size or amount or degree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECREASED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made less in size or amount or degree

Synonyms:

decreased; reduced

Similar:

ablated (made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization)

attenuate; attenuated; faded; weakened (reduced in strength)

attenuated (of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion)

bated (diminished or moderated)

belittled; diminished; small (made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth))

cut; slashed ((used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply)

diminished ((of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval)

minimized (reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree)

remittent ((of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity)

shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken (reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity)

Antonym:

increased (made greater in size or amount or degree)

 Context examples 

Unlike traditional nonselective NSAIDs, meloxicam preferentially inhibits the activity of cyclo-oxygenase II (COX-II), resulting in a decreased conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandin precursors.

(Meloxicam, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, MUC1 peptide vaccine may stimulate the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells positive for the MUC1 antigen, resulting in decreased tumor growth.

(MUC-1 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with allogeneic B7.1/HLA-A1 transfected tumor cell vaccine may elicit a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against similar host tumor cells, resulting in decreased tumor cell proliferation.

(Allogeneic B7.1/HLA-A1 Transfected Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, administration of this RCC vaccine may elicit a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against similar host tumor cells, resulting in decreased tumor growth.

(Allogeneic Renal Cell Carcinoma Vaccine MGN1601, NCI Thesaurus)

Decreased expression of the ALOX 15 gene is associated with several types of cancer including breast and colorectal cancer.

(ALOX15 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral administration, BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor BL001 may inhibit the BCL-ABL protein, which may lead to decreased proliferation and enhanced apoptosis in tumor cells.

(Metatinib Tromethamine, NCI Thesaurus)

N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)retinamide may bind to and activate retinoic acid receptors (RARs), thereby inducing changes in the expression of certain genes leading to cell differentiation and decreased cell proliferation in susceptible cells.

(N-(4-Ethoxyphenyl)Retinamide, NCI Thesaurus)

At the same time, her microbiome has decreased levels of Proteobacteria species, which are often associated with unhealthy microbial imbalances.

(Species Shifts in the Honey Bee Microbiome Differ with Age and Hive Role, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Two thousand IUs decreased stiffness by 2 percent in that timeframe.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-9-cis-retinamide may activate retinoic acid receptors, thereby altering the expression of certain genes leading to cell differentiation and decreased cell proliferation in susceptible cells.

(N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-9-cis-Retinamide, NCI Thesaurus)