REDUCED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reduced mean? 

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

1. made less in size or amount or degree

2. well below normal (especially in price)

  Familiarity information: REDUCED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDUCED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made less in size or amount or degree

Synonyms:

decreased; reduced

Similar:

ablated (made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization)

attenuate; attenuated; faded; weakened (reduced in strength)

attenuated (of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion)

bated (diminished or moderated)

belittled; diminished; small (made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth))

cut; slashed ((used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply)

diminished ((of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval)

minimized (reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree)

remittent ((of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity)

shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken (reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Well below normal (especially in price)

Synonyms:

reduced; rock-bottom

Similar:

low (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount)

 Context examples 

The combination also reduced tumor size in mice and increased their survival.

(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)

EXAMPLE(S): study dose reduced, protocol treatment change

(Adverse Event Action Taken with Study Treatment, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

As a result, bone resorption and turnover are reduced.

(Alendronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposing the viruses to vesicles reduced the appearance of surface molecules on the virus’ outer covering, which it needs to attach to cells.

(Vesicles released by bacteria may reduce the spread of HIV in human tissue, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers identified variations in a gene that are associated with lower triglyceride levels and a reduced risk of coronary heart disease.

(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)

“If a person were to get up, take 10 steps, and sit down again, it appears that the effects of a sedentary lifestyle would be greatly reduced.

(Spending more time standing helps increase energy expenditure and combats the effects of a sedentary lifestyle, University of Granada)

Last year a study of 408 people in the US found trees, bushes and plants reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease.

(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A disorder characterized by reduced synthesis of the alpha chains of hemoglobin.

(Alpha Thalassemia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Patients have a reduced ability to sweat.

(Autosomal Recessive Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Deletion of the Src-1 gene or Tif2 gene in mice reduced the response to steroid hormones and development dependent on these hormones.

(Obesity and Thermogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)