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acquired /ac·quired/ (ah-kwīrd´) incurred as a result of factors acting from or originating outside the organism; not inherited.

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ac·quired (-kwrd)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a disease, condition, or characteristic that is not congenital but develops after birth.

2. Developed in response to an antigen, as resistance to a disease by vaccination or previous infection.

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acquired

[əkwī′ərd]

Etymology: L, acquirere, to obtain

pertaining to a characteristic, condition, or disease originating after birth, not caused by hereditary or developmental factors but by a reaction to environmental influences outside of the organism. An example is acquired immunity. Compare congenital, familial, hereditary.

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acquired

incurred as a result of factors acting from or originating outside the organism; not inherited.

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acquired bleeding

a tendency to bleed caused by factors other than inherited and congenital ones. Includes dicoumarol and warfarin poisonings, nutritional deficiency of vitamin K, liver disease and autoimmune thrombocytopenias.

feline acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

see feline immunodeficiency virus.

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acquired 

Pertaining to a condition which is contracted after birth and is not hereditary. See congenital; familial; hereditary.

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acquired

adjective New, not inherited