Definition of "adjusted" []

• Arranged or changed so as to match, conform, or function, especially in a specified way: an improperly adjusted scale. (adjective)
• Having achieved psychological balance, especially regarding others or the demands of everyday life: a poorly adjusted teenager. (adjective)

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• "Somewhat as a delicate instrument (the microscope for example) is altered or adjusted, in order to adapt it to its work, the parts of the body, and the body as a whole, have to be _adjusted_ to their surroundings."
• "Serum liver enzyme concentrations (geometric means) and survey weighted, age, gender and ethnicity adjusted model estimates Fully adjusted* survey weighted model estimates"
• "As used in this press release, the term adjusted refers to the operating performance measures that exclude the estimated impact of severe weather, charges associated with workforce reductions, the Medi-Cal settlement and costs associated with the Athena Diagnostics and Celera transactions."