Akademik

To cause or bring about. See induction.

in·duce in-'d(y)üs vt, in·duced; in·duc·ing

1) to cause or bring about <anesthesia induced by drugs>: as

a ) (1) to cause the embryological formation of <the optic cup \induces lens tissue in the adjacent ectoderm> (2) to cause to form through embryonic induction <\induce ectoderm to form a neural tube>

b) to cause or initiate by artificial means <induced abortion> <induced labor>

2) to produce anesthesia in <the patient was induced by a mixture of thiopental and curare>