EMBEDDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embedded mean? 

• EMBEDDED (adjective)
  The adjective EMBEDDED has 2 senses:

1. enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass

2. inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

  Familiarity information: EMBEDDED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBEDDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass

Context example:

peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp

Similar:

enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

Context example:

an embedded subordinate clause

Similar:

integrated (formed into a whole or introduced into another entity)

 Context examples 

NPI is issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) and is 10-position, all-numeric identification number with no embedded intelligence.

(National Provider Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

The CPCTR can provide researchers with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary prostate cancer specimens,and their associated pathologic and clinical information.

(Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

And embedded in it are these very singular enclosures.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These exosomes, nanovesicles secreted from DCs, are embedded with molecules necessary for potent immune responses on the exosomal surface, such as MHC class II molecules, CD40, ICAM-1, IL-15Ralpha, and NKG2D ligands.

(NSCLC Antigen-Loaded Dendritic Cell-derived Exosomes, NCI Thesaurus)

Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the bone matrix.

(Osteocyte, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The assay, performed using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue, analyzes the expression of a panel of 21 genes and the results are provided as a Recurrence Score (0-100).

(Oncotype DX breast cancer assay, NCI Thesaurus)

Differentiation is controlled by the interaction of a cell's genes with the physical and chemical conditions outside the cell, usually through signaling pathways involving proteins embedded in the cell surface.

(Differentiation, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A proprietary preparation of mycobacterial DNA oligonucleotides embedded in mycobacterial cell wall fragments derived from cultures of Mycobacterium phlei, with potential immunomodulatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Mycobacterial Cell Wall-DNA Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

GPRs contain 7 hydrophobic transmembrane domains embedded in hydrophilic intra- and extracellular loops and transduce a variety of hormone, endogenous peptide, and neurotransmitter signals into intracellular effects via G proteins.

(G Protein-Coupled Receptor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It provides semi-quantitative results of p185HER2 (HER2 gene) overexpression in Bouin or formalin-fixed, routinely processed, paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissues by light microscopy.

(HercepTest, NCI Thesaurus)