attenuated

Speech parts

1. attenuated - Adjective

2. attenuated - Verb

4. attenuated - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Attenuate

Made thin or slender.

Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

weakened faded attenuate lacy boney cut gaseous gaunt reedy rare fine weak thin narrow slight
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Antonyms

tubby elephantine large full heavy fed
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Phrases with the word

live attenuated polio vaccine attenuated poliovirus vaccine

Examples

the faded tones of an old recording Source: Internet

Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin achieved the first genuine success in immunization against tuberculosis in 1906, using attenuated bovine-strain tuberculosis. Source: Internet

AC ripple in the current was attenuated by the action of passing through the choke coil. Source: Internet

Although most attenuated vaccines are viral, some are bacterial in nature. Source: Internet

Any noise added by transmission or record/playback, to the frequency range previously boosted, is now attenuated in the de-emphasis stage. Source: Internet

Although the Court established a significant injury for one of the claims, it found the causation of the injury (the nexus between the defendant’s actions and the plaintiff’s injuries) to be too attenuated. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

attenuance attenuant attenuate attenuated bluet attenuated poliovirus vaccine attenuating circumstance