Definition of INCLUSION

inclusion

Meanings

Plural: inclusions

Noun

  • the state of being included
  • the relation of comprising something
    • "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
  • any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
    • "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
  • the act of including
  • An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
  • The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
  • Anything foreign that is included in a material,
  • Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
  • A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
  • An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
  • A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
  • Restriction; limitation.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclusio, inclusionis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include + -sion. Doublet of enclosure.

Synonyms

cellular inclusion, comprehension, inclusion body

Antonyms

exclusion

Scrabble Score: 11

inclusion is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
inclusion is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inclusion is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

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