ELICITED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elicited mean? 

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

1. called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELICITED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation

Synonyms:

elicited; evoked

Context example:

an elicited response

Similar:

induced (brought about or caused; not spontaneous)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in G protein-coupled receptor signal transduction that is elicited by acetylcholine interactions.

(CHRM1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The findings provide a new understanding of the mechanisms of BCG-elicited protection against tuberculosis infection and disease.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

CTCF is central to signaling pathways in immature B cells elicited by cross-linking the Ig BCR and stimulation with TGF.

(CTCF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The translocation of GLUT4 protein is also elicited through the CAP/Cbl/TC10 pathway, once Cbl is phosphorylated by INSR.

(Insulin/Insulin Receptor Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

“Yes, sir, indeed. It has elicited a great deal of public feeling,” returned Guest.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Mrs. Dent here bent over to the pious lady and whispered something in her ear; I suppose, from the answer elicited, it was a reminder that one of the anathematised race was present.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In rats that experienced seizures, hippocampal IEDs also elicited cortical spindles during REM and an awake state.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

He wrote regularly, twice a week, to the Transcontinental for his five dollars, though it was only semi-occasionally that he elicited a reply.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An elaboration of a sequence of physiological events that are elicited by the administration of a drug.

(Drug Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)

This manifests as sensing of non-cardiac depolarization signals that met arrhythmia detection criteria and elicited programmed tachyarrhythmia therapy.

(Cardiac Device Oversensing with Shock or Anti-Tachycardia Pacing, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)