PERSONALISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does personalised mean? 

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

1. made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSONALISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual

Synonyms:

individualised; individualized; personalised; personalized

Context example:

personalized advice

Similar:

personal (concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality)

 Context examples 

This will allow a novel type of personalised and efficient healthcare, allowing us to 'download' a sequence of actions into cells, instructing them to execute complex decisions encoded in the RNA.

(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers from the University of Granada and RMIT University in Melbourne have developed personalised and low-cost wearable ultraviolet (UV) sensors that warn users when their exposure to the sun has become dangerous.

(New wristband provides personalised and real-time tracking of UV exposure, University of Granada)

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new test that can reliably predict the future course of inflammatory bowel disease in individuals, transforming treatments for patients and paving the way for a personalised approach.

(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)

The research team have also created six versions of the colour-changing wristbands, each of which is personalised for a specific skin tone — an important characteristic given that darker people need more sun exposure to produce vitamin D, which is essential for healthy bones, teeth and muscles.

(New wristband provides personalised and real-time tracking of UV exposure, University of Granada)