🚪 Kept inside 🗺️ Limited in place

confined

7 6.2

Limited to one part of the body and not spreading

adjective
/kənˈfaɪnd/

Specialized

: localizado

The infection was confined to a small area on his arm, preventing it from affecting the rest of his health.

Examples

In rare cases, the flu can be confined to just the throat without spreading to the lungs.
I don't remember anything about it except being confined and there being a very loud noise involved.
And at the end of a certain, Trudeau noticed that the five confined rabbits had died of tuberculosis.
The doctor explained that the cancer was confined to one area of her body and had not spread.

Synonyms

contained

vsconfined

55 4.1

Kept from spreading or getting worse

is limited to a specific area rather than being controlled to stop spread

isolated

vsconfined

Specialized

12 3.8

Kept apart from others to stop a disease from spreading

is limited to one area and does not spread into nearby tissue

Antonyms

unrestricted

23 4.1

Free from limits and control, it allows people to use or access

invasive

Specialized

17 5.8

Spreading quickly into healthy tissue or nearby areas

spreading

6 2.3

The movement of something over a larger area or among people

How Localized

subcapsular

Specialized

1 8.9

confined

Specialized

7 6.2

restricted

149 3.9

invasive

Specialized

17 5.8

Surface Forms

confined positive

Morphology

confined = confine (transparent) = confine + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participial/adjectival form of the verb 'confine', so its meaning ('restricted') is directly derived.

Etymology

Confined comes from Latin parts con- ('with') and fin ('end' or 'limit'), the same root you see in final and finish. So when a disease or tumor is confined it is kept within a clear limit and does not spread to other parts.