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PACKAGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does packaged mean?
• PACKAGED (adjective)
The adjective PACKAGED has 1 sense:
1. enclosed in a package or protective covering
Familiarity information: PACKAGED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclosed in a package or protective covering
Context example:
packaged cereals
Similar:
prepackaged; prepacked (prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale)
Antonym:
unpackaged (not packaged or put into packets)
Context examples
Some Vif is also found packaged in virion particles and multimerization of Vif appears to play a role in its activity.
(HIV-1 Infection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Most packaged foods in the U.S. have food labels.
(Food Labeling, Food and Drug Administration)
A packaged collection of related material.
(Kit Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The eukaryotic genome is packaged by histone and nonhistone proteins to form chromatin.
(hSWI-SNF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A number of individual items packaged as a unit.
(Pack, NCI Thesaurus)
A device is packaged as being free of any living organisms.
(Packaged as Sterile, NCI Thesaurus)
A packaged set of related pharmaceutical or and/or drug delivery devices used for a particular medical activity or procedure including required documentation for kit components and the entire kit.
(Drug Kit, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromosome regions that are loosely packaged and more accessible to RNA polymerases than HETEROCHROMATIN.
(Euchromatin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A second involves the remodeling of chromatin—the way DNA is packaged in cells, which can affect whether genes are turned on or off.
(Gene Disruptions Associated with Autism Risk, NIH)
DTP-GDP may be packaged in liposomes for improved delivery.
(Disaccharide Tripeptide Glycerol Dipalmitoyl, NCI Thesaurus)
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