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ACQUIRED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gotten through environmental forces
Example:
acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on
Classified under:
Similar:
nonheritable; noninheritable (not inheritable)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb acquire
Context examples:
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 365,000 miles (587,000 kilometers) from Rhea and at a Sun-Rhea-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 9 degrees.
(Regarding Rhea, NASA)
An inherited or acquired condition characterized by abnormally increased levels of methemoglobin in the blood.
(Methemoglobinemia, NCI Thesaurus)
It also may be associated with Lyme disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjogren syndrome, cryoglobulinemia, hypereosinophilia, temporal arteritis, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, leprosy, acute viral hepatitis A, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
(Mononeuritis Multiplex, NCI Thesaurus)
Congenital or acquired deformity of the musculoskeletal system.
(Musculoskeletal Deformity, NCI Thesaurus)
Cutaneous melanomas may arise from acquired or congenital melanocytic or dysplastic nevi.
(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
TNM pathologic findings are based on clinical findings supplemented by histopathologic examination of one or more tissue specimens acquired during surgery.
(Bladder Cancer Pathologic TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)
The Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 acquired the top image on August 22, 1987; the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 captured the bottom image on August 13, 2013.
(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)
Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
TNM pathologic regional lymph nodes findings are based on clinical findings supplemented by histopathologic examination of one or more tissue specimens acquired during surgery.
(Bladder Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists have long wondered if Saturn was formed with the rings or if the planet acquired them later in life.
(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)
