LINKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does linked mean? 

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

1. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

Synonyms:

coupled; joined; linked

Similar:

connected (joined or linked together)

 Context examples 

Working 49 or more hours per week is linked to a 66% higher chance of getting hypertension, according to an American Heart Association study.

(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Many complex O-linked oligosaccharides are presumably added by glycosyltransferases.

(Mucin Peptide MUC-1, NCI Thesaurus)

MUC1 antigen is linked with KLH, an immunostimulant and a hapten carrier, in order to enhance immune recognition; the co-administration of saponin-derived QS21 potentially amplifies the total immune response to the MUC1 antigen.

(MUC1-KLH Vaccine/QS21, NCI Thesaurus)

Higher MRs are linked with lower survival rates.

(MR, NCI Dictionary)

Higher mitotic rates are linked with lower survival rates.

(Mitotic rate, NCI Dictionary)

N-glycans or asparagine-linked glycans are major constituents of glycoproteins in eukaryotes.

(N-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The variant on chromosome 7, for instance, is close to AUTS2, a gene that has been linked to alcohol consumption, as well as others that relate to brain development and sleep-related electric signaling.

(Can't Sleep? Could Be Down to Genetics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Both overall dietary cholesterol consumption (from sources including eggs, meat and dairy) and egg consumption specifically were linked to a higher risk of heart problems and premature death, the study found.

(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

All CTEP SDC Terms are matched to NCIt concepts, which are linked to SDC Categories and Sub-Categories through ConceptInSubset association relationships.

(NCI CTEP Simplified Disease Classification Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against a primate-restricted N-linked carbohydrate epitope (glycotope) expressed on various human carcinomas with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Monoclonal Antibody RAV12, NCI Thesaurus)