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walled

walled

1 5.0
Covered by a thin outer layer like a wall, for example around a cyst
  • adjective
  • /wɔld/
  • Specialized
translation icon : muro
  • During surgery, a multilocular, thick-walled, abscessed lymph node was drained, and necrotic tissue was removed for histologic examination.
  • thick-walled

Examples

  • The spa is log-walled and horseshoe-shaped, with partitioned baths inside.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Talkers were seated in a double-walled sound-attenuated chamber during the recordings.

    Academic text (2012)

  • So an Abscess is an area of walled off infection, right?

  • Thus the left ventricle is a fairly thick walled chamber, big, thick muscle.

  • Thin-walled ectatic vessels were common throughout the tumor.

    Academic text (1996)

  • They're double walled, insulated, that's why.

  • It was thick-walled and whitewashed, but primitive beyond belief.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Finally, after a few mazy sections, you reach the lip of a smooth-walled well of blackness hardly dented by a caver's headlamp, or even a video light pointed downward.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The thick-walled cyst was carefully examined by the doctors before treatment.

  • After weeks of growth, the plant developed thick-walled stems that provided extra support.

Synonyms

enclosed
vswalled
1 3.5

Something that is inside and surrounded by other things, like a garden or document

focuses on a physical outer barrier or thin layer, often in biological contexts
surrounded
vswalled
2.7

A person or place with people and things all around

refers to having a structural outer barrier or thin layer rather than mere encirclement

Compounds

walled garden
  • Jargon
2 7.9

A closed online space a company controls to limit access and sharing

How Enclosed

walled
  • Specialized
1 5.0
unwalled
1 4.9

Surface Forms

walled positive

Morphology

walled = wall (transparent) = wall + ed

The adjective is directly formed from 'wall' + '-ed' meaning 'having a wall', which a learner who knows 'wall' can readily infer.

Etymology

Walled comes from the common word wall, which means a strong barrier or outer layer. In biology, think of a 'cell wall'—a walled cyst or cavity is one that has its own thin protective 'wall' around it, so the term shows it is 'protected' by that layer.