See Also: inclusion(dictionary)
inclusion(dictionary)
Inclusion(medicine)
inclusion cell(medicine)
inclusion conjunctivitis(medicine)
inclusion cyst(medicine)
inclusion dermoid(medicine)
inclusion bodies(medicine)
inclusion blennorrhoea(medicine)
foetal inclusion(medicine)

inclusion (iou)



inclusion noun. E17.
[Latin inclusio(n-), from inclus- pa. ppl stem of includere INCLUDE: see -ION.]
The action or an act of including; the fact or condition of being included; an instance of this. E17.
A. Brookner The idea of being Heather's best friend seemed to guarantee my inclusion in any future festivities.
A thing which is included; spec. (Geology), a solid fragment or a globule of liquid or gas enclosed within a rock or mineral; (Metallurgy, Cytology, etc.) a discrete body or particle recognizably distinct from the substance in which it is embedded. M19.
Math. In full inclusion function, inclusion map, inclusion mapping. A mapping of a set A into a set B containing A which maps each element of A on to itself. M20.
Comb.: inclusion body a protein capsule enclosing infective particles in a virus; inclusion function, inclusion map, inclusion mapping: see sense 3 above.