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Definition of Acquired

1. Adjective. Gotten through environmental forces. "Acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on"

Definition of Acquired

1. Verb. (past of acquire) ¹

2. Adjective. (medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acquired

1. acquire [v] - See also: acquire

Medical Definition of Acquired

1. In medicine, the word acquired means new or added. New in the sense that it is not genetic (inherited) and added in the sense that is was not congenital (present at birth) but came along later. For example, AIDS is an acquired, not a genetic form of immune deficiency. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquired

Literary usage of Acquired

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1912)
"See Hesse-Darmstadt Dauphiné, acquired by France, 7; Befor- mation in, ... 17; given to William V of Orange, 81 Douai, acquired by France, ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In cases of acquired hydrocephalus death may occasionally follow suddenly after ... Chronic acquired hydrocephalus may heal spontaneously or become latent. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"WILLIAM H. WALKER THE INHERITANCE OP acquired PIGMENTATION THE brief article on " The Inheritance of Skin Color" in SCIENCE for August 2, by Dr. HE Jordan, ..."

4. Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson (1911)
"We are not going to enter here into the controversies over the transmissibility of acquired characters; still less do we wish to take too definite a side on ..."

5. A Compendium of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Peake (1822)
"A will of lands operates only on such as the testator had at the time of making it, for lands subsequently acquired do not pass by it. ..."

6. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1898)
"... and this fact agrees with the belief that such characters in the higher classes have been acquired through sexual selection, which depends on the will, ..."

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