DELAYED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delayed mean? 

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

1. not as far along as normal in development

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELAYED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not as far along as normal in development

Similar:

retarded (relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development)

 Context examples 

Both ASOs delayed rodent weight loss.

(Experimental treatment slows prion disease, extends life of mice, National Institutes of Health)

Kaplan says the ability to study traumatic injury in a tissue model offers advantages over animal studies, in which measurements are delayed while the brain is being dissected and prepared for experiments.

(Bioengineers create functional 3D brain-like tissue, NIH)

Delayed treatment—or treatment that doesn't work—may cause irreversible deformities, restriction of joint movement, widespread skin lesions, and sometimes life-threatening secondary infections.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

It consists of a delayed type of allergic reaction at the affected site with resulting red, swollen, and blistered skin that may itch or leak.

(Allergic Contact Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Others may suffer from longer-term problems such as delayed motor and social development or learning disabilities.

(Birth Weight, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Stimulation of gut mu-subtype opioid receptors results in a reduction in intestinal motility and delayed intestinal transit times.

(Codeine, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation is often delayed until the fourth or fifth decade when affected individuals may develop headaches, seizures, and focal neurologic deficits.

(Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The authors speculate that delayed freezing of the sea surface may contribute to the thinning trend, as heavy snowfalls in September and October now fall into the open ocean.

(Snow cover on Arctic Sea ice has thinned 30 to 50 percent, NASA)

His punishment, however, was not delayed; when he had made a few blows at the tree he struck himself in the leg, so that he had to be carried home.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Sitka Charley delayed reply until he had lighted his pipe.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)