IMPACTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impacted mean? 

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

1. wedged or packed in together

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPACTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wedged or packed in together

Synonyms:

impacted; wedged

Context example:

an impacted tooth

Similar:

compact (closely and firmly united or packed together)

 Context examples 

What they found is that Alzheimer’s biology is likely impacted by a complex constellation of viral and host genetic factors, adding that they identified specific testable pathways and biological networks.

(Viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

By selectively targeting these isoforms, PI3K signaling in normal, non-neoplastic cells is minimally impacted or not affected at all, which minimizes the side effect profile for this agent.

(PI3K Delta/Gamma Inhibitor RP6530, NCI Thesaurus)

Several states have been severely impacted by harmful algae blooms.

(Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic, National Science Foundation)

Dust from the comet impacted Mars and was vaporized high in the atmosphere, producing what was likely an impressive meteor shower.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)

The scientists compared the plots to nearby land that had not been significantly impacted by human activity.

(Plant biodiversity struggles to return in wake of agricultural abandonment, National Science Foundation)

The special report looks at the climate change scenario for Brazil and how coastal cities could be impacted by global warming.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)

The data indicate that Earth's atmosphere was impacted by small asteroids, resulting in a bolide (or fireball), on 556 separate occasions in a 20-year period.

(New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population, NASA)

Murray said there’s scientific research that has shown the immune systems of people with vitamin A deficiency maybe negatively impacted, possibly making make them more susceptible to developing TB. The fact that more young people were at risk for tuberculosis infection, said researchers, suggested vitamin A may play an even greater role in the development of their immune systems.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

To examine whether the inputs from the cerebellum into the VTA impacted social behaviors, the researchers tested mice using a three-chamber social task in which the mice could choose to spend time in a chamber with another mouse (the social chamber), in an empty central chamber, or in a chamber containing a non-social object.

(New Findings Reveal Surprising Role of the Cerebellum in Reward and Social Behaviors, National Institutes of Health)

Countries and regions most impacted by changes in MJO behaviour are the Maritime Continent region, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, parts of Malaysia, northern Australia, West Pacific, Amazon basin and southwest Africa, where rainfall is increasing, the study says.

(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)