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localized
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lo·cal·ized  (lk-lzd)
adj.
1. Restricted to a particular place.
2. Medicine Restricted or limited to a specific body part or region: localized pain and numbness.
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Adj.1.localized - confined or restricted to a particular location; "the localized infection formed a definite abscess"
localised
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
local - affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia"
2.localized - made local or oriented locally; "a decentralized and localized political authority"
localised
decentralised, decentralized - withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; "a decentralized school administration"
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Severe sepsis exists along a continuum initiated by a localized infection that triggers a systemic response.
Recognizing and managing severe sepsis: a common and deadly threat by McCollam, Jill Shwed / Southern Medical Journal
The gram-negative bacillus Yersinia pestis causes 2 principal forms of illness in humans, a localized infection of lymph nodes (bubonic plague) and a highly lethal septicemia that is a particularly fulminant form of septic shock (19).
Prevention of immune cell apoptosis as potential therapeutic strategy ... by Bray, Mike / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The otorrhea is believed to be linked to an associated localized infection, usually a Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.
External auditory canal cholesteatoma: a rare entity by Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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